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Behavior of different conversion operators provided by Kernel
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values = [nil, '', [], {}, true, false, 0, 3.51, '0', '42', '0xb', '1.2', '1e2', | |
'nil', 'true', 'false' ,'foo', [3,4], {5=>6}] | |
converters = %w(String to_s Integer to_i Float to_f Array to_a) | |
table_format = "%9s" * converters.size + "\n" | |
printf( "%9s ", '') | |
legend = converters | |
printf(table_format, *legend) | |
values.each do |v| | |
printf "%9s:", v.inspect | |
results = converters.map do |cvt| | |
begin | |
if cvt =~ /to.*/ | |
v.send(cvt).inspect | |
else | |
send(cvt, v).inspect | |
end | |
rescue => e | |
e.class.to_s.sub(/Error$/, '') | |
end | |
end | |
printf(table_format, *results) | |
end | |
# Results in: | |
#ruby 1.8.7 (2011-02-18 patchlevel 334) [i386-mingw32] | |
# | |
# String to_s Integer to_i Float to_f Array to_a | |
# nil: "" "" 0 0 Type 0.0 [] [] | |
# "": "" "" Argument 0 Argument 0.0 [] [] | |
# []: "" "" Type NoMethod Type NoMethod [] [] | |
# {}: "" "" Type NoMethod Type NoMethod [] [] | |
# true: "true" "true" Type NoMethod Type NoMethod [true] [true] | |
# false: "false" "false" Type NoMethod Type NoMethod [false] [false] | |
# 0: "0" "0" 0 0 0.0 0.0 [0] [0] | |
# 3.51: "3.51" "3.51" 3 3 3.51 3.51 [3.51] [3.51] | |
# "0": "0" "0" 0 0 0.0 0.0 ["0"] ["0"] | |
# "42": "42" "42" 42 42 42.0 42.0 ["42"] ["42"] | |
# "0xb": "0xb" "0xb" 11 0 Argument 0.0 ["0xb"] ["0xb"] | |
# "1.2": "1.2" "1.2" Argument 1 1.2 1.2 ["1.2"] ["1.2"] | |
# "1e2": "1e2" "1e2" Argument 1 100.0 100.0 ["1e2"] ["1e2"] | |
# "nil": "nil" "nil" Argument 0 Argument 0.0 ["nil"] ["nil"] | |
# "true": "true" "true" Argument 0 Argument 0.0 ["true"] ["true"] | |
# "false": "false" "false" Argument 0 Argument 0.0["false"]["false"] | |
# "foo": "foo" "foo" Argument 0 Argument 0.0 ["foo"] ["foo"] | |
# [3, 4]: "34" "34" Type NoMethod Type NoMethod [3, 4] [3, 4] | |
# {5=>6}: "56" "56" Type NoMethod Type NoMethod [[5, 6]] [[5, 6]] | |
# | |
#ruby 1.9.2p180 (2011-02-18) [i386-mingw32] | |
# | |
# String to_s Integer to_i Float to_f Array to_a | |
# nil: "" "" Type 0 Type 0.0 [] [] | |
# "": "" "" Argument 0 Argument 0.0 [""] NoMethod | |
# []: "[]" "[]" Type NoMethod Type NoMethod [] [] | |
# {}: "{}" "{}" Type NoMethod Type NoMethod [] [] | |
# true: "true" "true" Type NoMethod Type NoMethod [true] NoMethod | |
# false: "false" "false" Type NoMethod Type NoMethod [false] NoMethod | |
# 0: "0" "0" 0 0 0.0 0.0 [0] NoMethod | |
# 3.51: "3.51" "3.51" 3 3 3.51 3.51 [3.51] NoMethod | |
# "0": "0" "0" 0 0 0.0 0.0 ["0"] NoMethod | |
# "42": "42" "42" 42 42 42.0 42.0 ["42"] NoMethod | |
# "0xb": "0xb" "0xb" 11 0 11.0 0.0 ["0xb"] NoMethod | |
# "1.2": "1.2" "1.2" Argument 1 1.2 1.2 ["1.2"] NoMethod | |
# "1e2": "1e2" "1e2" Argument 1 100.0 100.0 ["1e2"] NoMethod | |
# "nil": "nil" "nil" Argument 0 Argument 0.0 ["nil"] NoMethod | |
# "true": "true" "true" Argument 0 Argument 0.0 ["true"] NoMethod | |
# "false": "false" "false" Argument 0 Argument 0.0["false"] NoMethod | |
# "foo": "foo" "foo" Argument 0 Argument 0.0 ["foo"] NoMethod | |
# [3, 4]: "[3, 4]" "[3, 4]" Type NoMethod Type NoMethod [3, 4] [3, 4] | |
# {5=>6}: "{5=>6}" "{5=>6}" Type NoMethod Type NoMethod [[5, 6]] [[5, 6]] | |
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