Object
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.
Convert string
to a BigDecimal
and return it.
require 'bigdecimal' require 'bigdecimal/util' "0.5".to_d # => #<BigDecimal:1dc69e0,'0.5E0',9(18)>
# File bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb, line 59 def to_d BigDecimal(self) end