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create

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create(input) public

Factory method to create a Version object. Input may be a Version or a String. Intended to simplify client code.

ver1 = Version.create('1.3.17')   # -> (Version object)
ver2 = Version.create(ver1)       # -> (ver1)
ver3 = Version.create(nil)        # -> nil

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# File lib/rubygems/version.rb, line 184
  def self.create input
    if self === input then # check yourself before you wreck yourself
      input
    elsif input.nil? then
      nil
    else
      new input
    end
  end

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