How can I check if a parameter is a Symbol?

Question

The question is in the title.

My parameter can be either a string or a character and depending on what I want to do different things for. Is there a way to test this in Ruby?

+2

Damian 06 oct. 09 at 10:23 pm

2 answers

Another solution

def foo(arg)
  case arg
    when Symbol
      do symbol stuff
    when String
      do string stuff
    else
      do error stuff
  end
end

+2

Scott 07 oct. 09 at 14:08

sepp2k · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-06T22:25:37+0000

def foo(arg)
  if arg.is_a?(Symbol)
    do_symbol_stuff
  else
    do_string_stuff
  end
end