Method: RubyUnits::Unit#=~

Defined in:
lib/ruby_units/unit.rb

#=~(other) ⇒ Boolean Also known as: compatible?, compatible_with?

Note:

if you want to do a regexp comparison of the unit string do this … unit.units =~ /regexp/

check to see if units are compatible, but not the scalar part this check is done by comparing signatures for performance reasons if passed a string, it will create a unit object with the string and then do the comparison

Examples:

this permits a syntax like:

unit =~ "mm"

Parameters:

  • other (Object)

Returns:

  • (Boolean) 


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# File 'lib/ruby_units/unit.rb', line 774

def =~(other)
  case other
  when Unit
    signature == other.signature
  else
    begin
      x, y = coerce(other)
      return x =~ y
    rescue ArgumentError
      return false
    end
  end
end