can-util/js/string-to-any/string-to-any.js

Common utilities for CanJS projects

'use strict';


module.exports = function(str){
	switch(str) {
		case "NaN":
		case "Infinity":
			return +str;
		case "null":
			return null;
		case "undefined":
			return undefined;
		case "true":
		case "false":
			return str === "true";
		default:
			var val = +str;
			if(!isNaN(val)) {
				return val;
			} else {
				return str;
			}
	}
};