lib/footing/extensions/string.rb in footing-0.1.3 vs lib/footing/extensions/string.rb in footing-0.1.4

@@ -49,7 +49,22 @@
     # Indicates if this string represents a boolean value.
     def boolean?
       !!(self =~ /\A(true|false)\z/i)
     end
 
+    # Casts this string to another datatype.
+    # Supported datatypes:
+    # * Integer
+    # * Float
+    # * Boolean
+    def cast
+      return to_f if numeric? && index(".")
+      return to_i if numeric?
+      if boolean?
+        return true if self =~ /\Atrue\z/i
+        return false if self =~ /\Afalse\z/i
+      end
+      self
+    end
+
   end
 end