Hello,
I am totally puzzled by this application of the .to_f method. I have
been using it without problem, but now it fails me in a strange way.
I have a text file “ssim-test-vts_01-0.txt” with just two lines where I
want to get the last number:
SSIM: Structural Similarity Index Metric 0.23
Average SSIM= 78.90848567
When I test my code in a short program:
def is_a_number?(s)
s.to_s.match(/\A[±]?\d+?(.\d+)?\Z/) == nil ? false : true
end
derligne = File.open(“ssim-test-vts_01-0.txt”) { |f| f.inject { |_,ln|
ln }
}
derligne = derligne.chomp
puts “derligne: #{derligne}”
ssm = derligne.scan(/[-+]?\d*.?\d+/)
puts “ssm[0]: #{ssm[0]}”
if is_a_number?(ssm[0])
puts “Is a number”
else
puts “Is not a number”
end
ssim = ssm[0].to_f
erreur = (ssim - 83).abs
puts “ssim = #{ssim}”
puts “erreur = #{erreur}”
puts “-------------------------------”
I get the correct output:
F:_videos to do>der
derligne: Average SSIM= 78.90848567
ssm[0]: 78.90848567
Is a number
ssim = 78.90848567
erreur = 4.091514329999995
But when the exact same code is part of a larger program, it tells me:
derligne: Average SSIM= 78.90848567
ssm[0]: 78.90848567
Is a number
TypeError
String can’t be coerced into Float
I can’t figure it out. .to_f works normally in other places.
I also tried Float(ssm[0]) with the same result.
I am still quite inexperienced with Ruby, and I must be missing
something obvious, but I cant see what. Any help would be appreciated.