Ruby Language Casting (type conversion) Casting to an Integer
Example
"123.50".to_i #=> 123
Integer("123.50") #=> 123
A string will take the value of any integer at its start, but will not take integers from anywhere else:
"123-foo".to_i # => 123
"foo-123".to_i # => 0
However, there is a difference when the string is not a valid Integer:
"something".to_i #=> 0
Integer("something") # ArgumentError: invalid value for Integer(): "something"
