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Testing Whether an Object Is String-like
CodeExpectedActual
'A string'.respond_to? :to_str
 true true 
Exception.new.respond_to? :to_str
 true true 
4.respond_to? :to_str
 false false 
def join_to_successor(s)
  raise ArgumentError, 'No successor method!' unless s.respond_to? :succ
  return "#{s}#{s.succ}"
end
join_to_successor('a')
 "ab" "ab" 
join_to_successor(4)
 "45" "45" 
join_to_successor(4.01)
 
ArgumentError: No successor method!
...
 
ArgumentError: No successor method!
	from (irb):5:in `join_to_successor'
	from (irb):10