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Created November 21, 2012 20:44
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String "false" to_bool ... or how to convert Rails/SimpleForm radio buttons to boolean
module StringToBoolean
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
class String; include StringToBoolean; end
module BooleanToBoolean
def to_bool;return self; end
end
class TrueClass; include BooleanToBoolean; end
class FalseClass; include BooleanToBoolean; end
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It turns out that if you're using Mongoid, then Boolean is declared as a class inside of Mongoid. This prevents the original gist from working if using Mongoid since we're trying to redefine Boolean as a module. So the original gist has been modified to rename the module Boolean to BooleanToBoolean.

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