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instance method

BigDecimal#to_digits

a.to_digits → string

ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb View on GitHub ↗

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.1.3/ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb, line 86
def to_digits
  if self.nan? || self.infinite? || self.zero?
    self.to_s
  else
    i       = self.to_i.to_s
    _,f,_,z = self.frac.split
    i + "." + ("0"*(-z)) + f
  end
end

Converts a BigDecimal to a String of the form “nnnnnn.mmm”. This method is deprecated; use BigDecimal#to_s(“F”) instead.

Example

require 'bigdecimal/util'

d = BigDecimal("3.14")
d.to_digits                  # => "3.14"

See also #to_d #to_f #sub #to_i also in 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0

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