Class: String

Inherits:

Object

• Object
• String

Defined in:

lib/si_units/string.rb

Instance Method Summary

• #split_value(value) ⇒ Object
• #to_unit ⇒ Object

  make a string into a unit.

Instance Method Details

#split_value(value) ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/si_units/string.rb', line 9

def split_value(value)
  value.scan(/(\d+\.?\d*)(\w+)/).flatten
end

#to_unit ⇒ Object

make a string into a unit

# File 'lib/si_units/string.rb', line 4

def to_unit
  unit_reduced, prefix = *split_value(self)
  SIUnits::Unit.new(unit_reduced.to_f).convert_to(prefix)
end