CODEWITHSUNDEEP
rubyyamlruby-1.9ruby-1.9.2
noli
noli

Reputation: 15996

Why is YAML.load returning the wrong numeric value?

Why is YAML.load returning the wrong value?

ruby-1.9.2-p0 :006 > a = YAML.load('merchant_id: 014213245611111')
 => {"merchant_id"=>843333440073} 
ruby-1.9.2-p0 :007 > a["merchant_id"]
 => 843333440073

I'm on ruby 1.9.2-p0, rvm, ubuntu10.10, 64bit.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 576

Answers (2)

Chuck
Chuck

Reputation: 237060

A leading 0 signifies an octal number — 14213245611111 octal == 843333440073 decimal. If you need to have leading zeroes, you should use a string value instead of numeric.

Upvotes: 3

dnch
dnch

Reputation: 9605

The YAML parser is treating "014213245611111" as an octal (base-8) number, rather than a string. Wrap it in quotes to preserve the leading 0.

Upvotes: 7

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