Trybool

The value parsing tool to return a boolean that you never knew you needed!

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'trybool'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install trybool

Usage

Tried to make this as straight forward a tool as possible.

Trybool.parse("1")
=> true

Trybool.parse("off")
=> false

You can even configure it for additional values you may want.

A once falsey value:

Trybool.parse("applesauce")
=> false

With a little configuration:

Trybool.configure do |config|
  config << "applesauce"
end

Is now known as the truth!

Trybool.parse("applesauce")
=> true

Just remember a Boolean only has two states, so we only define 'truthy' values. Now we can make a powerful assumption that if it's not the truth... it's false.

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/hashrocket/trybool.

About

Trybool is supported by the team at Hashrocket, a multidisciplinary design & development consultancy. If you'd like to work with us or join our team, don't hesitate to get in touch.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.