Forum: Ruby on Rails how to convert string into int

hi all
i got a array int by str.scan() method
just tht the numbers are stored in array in for of string

and i have to add this numbers in array

so how can i convert this number strings in integers

pls tell me a method or procedure

bbye

If string contains a number in String form, let's say '123', then:

Integer(string) #=> 123

-Chris

On Jan 3, 2007, at 3:15 AM, Prashant Jadhav wrote:

> i got a array int by str.scan() method
> just tht the numbers are stored in array in for of string
>
> and i have to add this numbers in array
>
> so how can i convert this number strings in integers

~/Desktop: irb
irb(main):005:0> "1 2 3 4 5".scan(/\d+/).inject(0) { |sum,item| sum
+item.to_i }
=> 15

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