Object
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 # => 0.4567e2
See also BigDecimal::new
.
# File bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb, line 67 def to_d begin BigDecimal(self) rescue ArgumentError BigDecimal(0) end end