string.rb in openstudio-analysis-0.3.2

- old
+ new

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # add the underscore from rails for snake_casing strings
 
 class String
   def underscore
     gsub(/::/, '/')
-        .gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/, '\1_\2')
-        .gsub(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/, '\1_\2')
-        .tr('-', '_')
-        .downcase
+    .gsub(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/, '\1_\2')
+    .gsub(/([a-z\d])([A-Z])/, '\1_\2')
+    .tr('-', '_')
+    .downcase
   end
 
   def snake_case
     gsub(' ', '_').downcase
   end
@@ -17,5 +17,32 @@
     return true if self == true || self =~ (/(true|t|yes|y|1)$/i)
     return false if self == false || self =~ (/(false|f|no|n|0)$/i)
     fail "invalid value for Boolean: '#{self}'"
   end
 end
+
+def typecast_value(variable_type, value, inspect_string = false)
+  out_value = nil
+  case variable_type.downcase
+    when 'double'
+      out_value = value.to_f
+    when 'integer'
+      out_value = value.to_i
+    when 'string'
+      out_value = inspect_string ? value.inspect : value.to_s
+    when 'choice'
+      out_value = value.inspect
+    when 'bool', 'boolean'
+      if value.downcase == 'true'
+        out_value = true
+      elsif value.downcase == 'false'
+        out_value = false
+      else
+        fail "Can't cast to a bool from a value of '#{value}' of class '#{value.class}'"
+      end
+    else
+      fail "Unknown variable type of '#{@variable['type']}'"
+  end
+
+  out_value
+end
+