ruby to_boolean

def to_boolean(value, nil_value = false)
  value.downcase! if value.class == String
  case value
  when "no","false",false, "0", 0
    false
  when "yes","true",true, "1", 1
    true
  when nil
    nil_value 
  else
    !!value
  end
end 

 describe "#to_boolean" do                                                                         
    it "converts false values" do                                                                   
      ["no","false",false, "0", 0].each do |value|                                                  
        to_boolean(value).should == false                                                           
      end                                                                                           
    end                                                                                             

    it "converts true values" do                                                                    
      ["yes","true",true, "1", 1].each do |value|                                                   
        to_boolean(value).should == true                                                            
      end                                                                                           
    end                                                                                             

    it "is case insensitive for strings" do                                                         
      to_boolean("YeS").should == true                                                              
      to_boolean("NO").should == false                                                              
      to_boolean("TruE").should == true                                                             
      to_boolean("FalSe").should == false                                                           
    end                                                                                             

    it "converts nil to false by default" do                                                        
      to_boolean(nil).should == false                                                               
    end                                                                                             

    it "can return nil as nil" do                                                                   
      to_boolean(nil, nil).should == nil                                                            
    end                                                                                             

    it "converts unmatched strings to true" do                                                      
      to_boolean("a string").should == true                                                         
    end                                                                                             
  end