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Class: Float

Relationships & Source Files
Super Chains via Extension / Inclusion / Inheritance
Class Chain:
self, ::Numeric
Instance Chain:
self, ::Numeric
Inherits: Numeric
Defined in: ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb

Instance Method Summary

Instance Method Details

#to_d ⇒ bigdecimal #to_d(precision) ⇒ bigdecimal

Returns the value of float as a ::BigDecimal. The precision parameter is used to determine the number of significant digits for the result (the default is Float::DIG).

require 'bigdecimal'
require 'bigdecimal/util'

0.5.to_d         # => 0.5e0
1.234.to_d(2)    # => 0.12e1

See also BigDecimal.new.

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# File 'ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb', line 46



def to_d(precision=Float::DIG+1)
  BigDecimal(self, precision)
end