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Ruby Ruby Basics Numbers Converting Strings to Numbers

Rhonda Goolsby
Rhonda Goolsby
6,992 Points
Posted by Rhonda Goolsby
Rhonda Goolsby
6,992 Points

string to integer

string = "123" puts string.to_i

program.rb 
string = "123"
# YOUR CODE HERE
 def string("123")
  string.to_i
 end
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hey Ronda, I have no experience with Ruby but this answer seems to explain it very well.

Rhonda Goolsby
Rhonda Goolsby
6,992 Points
Rhonda Goolsby
Rhonda Goolsby
6,992 Points

Thanks Grigorij,

So close. Thank you.

1 Answer

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points

HI Rhonda,

If you're trying to pass the challenge, you don't need to define a method. You need to use methods built into ruby, to_i and to_f, to convert the string. Then assign the return values to two different variables, integer and float.

structure:

variable = string.method