Module: Cleaners::StringToFloat

Defined in:
lib/data_cleansing/cleaners.rb

Overview

Returns [Integer] after removing all non-digit characters, except ‘.’ Returns nil if no digits are present in the string.

Constant Summary collapse

NUMERIC = 
Regexp.compile(/[^0-9.]/)

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.call(string) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/data_cleansing/cleaners.rb', line 154

def self.call(string)
  return string unless string.is_a?(String)

  # Remove Non-Digit Chars, except for '.'
  string.gsub!(NUMERIC, "")
  string.length > 0 ? string.to_f : nil
end