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Ruby: Convert String to Boolean
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string_ext.rb
class String
def to_bool
return true if self == true || self =~ (/(true|t|yes|y|1)$/i)
return false if self == false || self.blank? || self =~ (/(false|f|no|n|0)$/i)
raise ArgumentError.new("invalid value for Boolean: \"#{self}\"")
end
end
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perlun commented Jan 27, 2017

(For reference, Ruby refinements was introduced in Ruby 2.0. So if you are stuck on some antique version, it will not work.)

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