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judofyr/valid_ruby.rb

Created November 17, 2011 15:20
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Checks if a string is valid Ruby
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valid_ruby.rb
def valid_ruby?(str)
catch(:valid) {
eval("BEGIN{throw :valid,true};#{str}")
}
rescue SyntaxError
false
end
p valid_ruby?("123")
p valid_ruby?("'")
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