Method: String#_to_numeric

Defined in:
lib/ultrasphinx/core_extensions.rb

#_to_numeric ⇒ Object

XXX Not used enough to justify such a strange abstraction



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# File 'lib/ultrasphinx/core_extensions.rb', line 95

def _to_numeric
  zeroless = self.squeeze(" ").strip.sub(/^0+(\d)/, '\1')
  zeroless.sub!(/(\...*?)0+$/, '\1')
  if zeroless.to_i.to_s == zeroless
    zeroless.to_i
  elsif zeroless.to_f.to_s == zeroless
    zeroless.to_f
  elsif date = Chronic.parse(self.gsub(/(\d)([^\d\:\s])/, '\1 \2')) # Improve Chronic's flexibility a little
    date.to_i
  else
    raise Ultrasphinx::UsageError, "#{self.inspect} could not be coerced into a numeric value"
  end
end