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Class: String

Relationships & Source Files
Inherits: Object
Defined in: ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb

Overview

::BigDecimal extends the native String class to provide the #to_d method.

When you require ::BigDecimal in your application, this method will be available on String objects.

Instance Method Summary

Instance Method Details

#to_dbigdecimal

Convert string to a ::BigDecimal and return it.

require 'bigdecimal'
require 'bigdecimal/util'

"0.5".to_d
# => #<BigDecimal:1dc69e0,'0.5E0',9(18)>
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# File 'ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb', line 59

def to_d
  BigDecimal(self)
end