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Determine If A String Or Numeric Represents A Number In Ruby

08.07.2010
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        # Determine if a String or Numeric represents a number
# From http://www.pixellatedvisions.com/2009/06/22/string-is-a-number#comment-67


def is_numeric?
  self.is_a?(Numeric) or (self.is_a?(String) and !!Float(self))
rescue
  false
end
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