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instance method

Integer#/

self / numeric → numeric_result

VALUE
rb_int_div(VALUE x, VALUE y)
{
    if (FIXNUM_P(x)) {
        return fix_div(x, y);
    }
    else if (RB_BIGNUM_TYPE_P(x)) {
        return rb_big_div(x, y);
    }
    return Qnil;
}

Performs division; for integer numeric, truncates the result to an integer:

 4 / 3              # => 1
 4 / -3             # => -2
 -4 / 3             # => -2
 -4 / -3            # => 1

For other +numeric+, returns non-integer result:

 4 / 3.0            # => 1.3333333333333333
 4 / Rational(3, 1) # => (4/3)
 4 / Complex(3, 0)  # => ((4/3)+0i)

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