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Ruby Ruby Foundations Numbers Currency

Michael Velasquez
Michael Velasquez
1,868 Points
Posted by Michael Velasquez
Michael Velasquez
1,868 Points

Issue with RubyMoney after installing the gem

After installing the gem, i did the "require the gem", etc in irb. I follow the video exactly but for some reason, i'm returning price = Money.new(1000) as fractional and not as cents. What could be causing this? I'm guessing the video might be outdated and/or the gem is has gone though some new versions... but i haven't checked. Curious if anyone else has seen this issue?

4 Answers

cp88
cp88
5,039 Points
cp88
cp88
5,039 Points

I get the same:

treehouse:~ $ irb
irb(main):001:0> require "money"
=> true
irb(main):002:0> price = Money.new(1000)
=> #<Money fractional:1000 currency:USD>
irb(main):003:0> puts price
[deprecated] I18n.enforce_available_locales will default to true in the future. If you really want to skip validation of your locale you can set I18n.enforce_available_locales = false to avoid this message.
10.00
=> nil
irb(main):004:0>
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Michael,

What is the exact value you're getting back as in the video when Money.new(1000) is defined the expected output would be as follows.

>> price = Money.new(1000)
=> #<Money cents:1000 currency:USD>
>> puts price
10.00
=> nil
Alexander Bromage
PLUS
Alexander Bromage
Courses Plus Student 4,014 Points
Alexander Bromage
Alexander Bromage
Courses Plus Student 4,014 Points

I am having the same problem I get:

>> require 'Money'
=> true
>> price = Money.new(1000)
=> #<Money fractional:1000 currency:USD>
>> puts price
I18n::InvalidLocale: :en is not a valid locale
    from /Users/alexbromage/.rbenv/versions/2.1.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/i18n-0.7.0.beta1/lib/i18n.rb:284:in `enforce_available_locales!'
    from /Users/alexbromage/.rbenv/versions/2.1.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/i18n-0.7.0.beta1/lib/i18n.rb:151:in `translate'
    from /Users/alexbromage/.rbenv/versions/2.1.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/money-6.3.0/lib/money/money/formatting.rb:17:in `block in define_i18n_method'
    from /Users/alexbromage/.rbenv/versions/2.1.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/money-6.3.0/lib/money/money.rb:366:in `to_s'
    from (irb):6:in `puts'
    from (irb):6:in `puts'
    from (irb):6
    from /Users/alexbromage/.rbenv/versions/2.1.3/bin/irb:11:in `<main>'

This command in IRB: ```ruby irb(main):006:0> I18n.enforce_available_locales = false => false

Remove the problem for that session of IRB but if I restart IRB the error comes back again.

Any help would be appreciated!