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Determine If A String Is Numeric In Ruby
# Determine if a string is numeric using Float and rescue
# Revised long version from http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Determine_if_a_string_is_numeric#Ruby
def numeric?(s)
begin
Float(s)
rescue
false # not numeric
else
true # numeric
end
end
