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Parse Strings containing ruby literals and return a proper ruby object.

• Recognizes about all Ruby literals: nil, true, false, Symbols, Integers, Floats, Hashes, Arrays
• Additionally parses Constants, Dates and Times
• Very easy to use

gem install literal_parser

A couple of examples:

LiteralParser.parse("nil") # => nil
LiteralParser.parse(":foo") # => :foo
LiteralParser.parse("123") # => 123
LiteralParser.parse("1.5") # => 1.5
LiteralParser.parse("1.5", use_big_decimal: true) # => #<BigDecimal:…,'0.15E1',18(18)>
LiteralParser.parse("[1, 2, 3]") # => [1, 2, 3]
LiteralParser.parse("{:a => 1, :b => 2}") # => {:a => 1, :b => 2}

• Online API Documentation
• Public Repository
• Bug Reporting
• RubyGems Site

You can use this code under the {file:LICENSE.txt BSD-2-Clause License}, free of charge. If you need a different license, please ask the author.