class Float

Public Instance Methods

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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. When precision is set to 0, the number of digits to represent the float being converted is determined automatically. The default precision is 0.

require 'bigdecimal'
require 'bigdecimal/util'

0.5.to_d         # => 0.5e0
1.234.to_d       # => 0.1234e1
1.234.to_d(2)    # => 0.12e1

See also Kernel.BigDecimal.

# File bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb, line 50
def to_d(precision=0)
  BigDecimal(self, precision)
end