Class Rational
In: bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb
Parent: Numeric

Methods

to_d  

Public Instance methods

to_d(nFig=0)

Converts a Rational to a BigDecimal

[Source]

# File bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb, line 58
  def to_d(nFig=0)
     num = self.numerator.to_s
     if nFig<=0
        nFig = BigDecimal.double_fig*2+1
     end
     BigDecimal.new(num).div(self.denominator,nFig)
  end

[Validate]

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