Newbie Question

[lalawawa]

How do I turn the string "4.5" into the number 4.5 so I can do
arithmetic on it?

 

[Rajinder Yadav]

How do I turn the string "4.5" into the number 4.5 so I can do
arithmetic on it?

irb(main):017:0> "4.5".to_f
=> 4.5


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[lalawawa]

irb(main):017:0> "4.5".to_f
=> 4.5

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Thanks Rajinder, that did it!

 

[Colin Bartlett]

irb(main):017:0> "4.5".to_f
=> 4.5

Or if you want "4.5" to convert to a Float but "4.5q" to raise an
error/exception:

Float("4.5") #=> 4.5
Float("4.5q") #=> ArgumentError "invalid value for Float"