class String
Public Instance Methods
is_a_defined_class?()
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# File lib/dust/helper.rb, line 64 def is_a_defined_class? true if self.to_class rescue NameError false end
is_int?()
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checks if string is a valid integer
# File lib/dust/helper.rb, line 71 def is_int? true if Integer(self) rescue false end
to_class()
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stole this from Afz902k who posted something similar at stackoverflow.com adds ability to check if a class with the name of a string exists
# File lib/dust/helper.rb, line 58 def to_class Kernel.const_get self.capitalize rescue NameError nil end