How to check if a variable is a number or a string?

Question

How to check if a variable is a number or a string in Ruby?

Answer 1

class Object
  def is_number?
    to_f.to_s == to_s || to_i.to_s == to_s
  end
end

> 15.is_number?
=> true
> 15.0.is_number?
=> true
> '15'.is_number?
=> true
> '15.0'.is_number?
=> true
> 'String'.is_number?
=> false