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instance method

Float#/

self / other → numeric

VALUE
rb_float_div(VALUE x, VALUE y)
{
    double num = RFLOAT_VALUE(x);
    double den;
    double ret;

    if (FIXNUM_P(y)) {
        den = FIX2LONG(y);
    }
    else if (RB_BIGNUM_TYPE_P(y)) {
        den = rb_big2dbl(y);
    }
    else if (RB_FLOAT_TYPE_P(y)) {
        den = RFLOAT_VALUE(y);
    }
    else {
        return rb_num_coerce_bin(x, y, '/');
    }

    ret = double_div_double(num, den);
    return DBL2NUM(ret);
}

Returns a new Float which is the result of dividing self by other:

Example

f = 3.14
f / 2              # => 1.57
f / 2.0            # => 1.57
f / Rational(2, 1) # => 1.57
f / Complex(2, 0)  # => (1.57+0.0i)

See also #-@ #< #- #<= also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0

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