Class: String
| Relationships & Source Files | |
| Inherits: | Object | 
| Defined in: | lib/bigdecimal/util.rb | 
Instance Method Summary
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      #to_d  ⇒ bigdecimal 
    
    Returns the result of interpreting leading characters in stras a::BigDecimal.
Instance Method Details
    #to_d  ⇒ bigdecimal   
Returns the result of interpreting leading characters in str as a ::BigDecimal.
require 'bigdecimal'
require 'bigdecimal/util'
"0.5".to_d             # => 0.5e0
"123.45e1".to_d        # => 0.12345e4
"45.67 degrees".to_d   # => 0.4567e2See also Kernel.BigDecimal.
# File 'lib/bigdecimal/util.rb', line 72
def to_d BigDecimal.interpret_loosely(self) end