Mauricio FernáÏdez wrote:

> batsman@tux-chan:~/src/rdocsite/site/ruby$ ri Kernel.Integer
> -------------------------------------------------------- Kernel::Integer
>      Integer( arg ) -> anInteger
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>      Converts arg to a Fixnum or Bignum. Numeric types are converted
>      directly (with floating point numbers being truncated). If arg is a
>      String, leading radix indicators (0, 0b, and 0x) are honored. This
>      behavior is different from that of String#to_i.
>         Integer(123.999)    #=> 123
>         Integer("0x1a")     #=> 26
>         Integer(Time.new)   #=> 983770240

But don't forget that Integer( nil ) #=> 0

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