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instance method

Integer#size

int.size → int

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.1.3/numeric.rb, line 199
def size
  Primitive.attr! 'inline'
  Primitive.cexpr! 'rb_int_size(self)'
end

Document-method: Integer#size

Returns the number of bytes in the machine representation of int (machine dependent).

Example

1.size               #=> 8
-1.size              #=> 8
2147483647.size      #=> 8
(256**10 - 1).size   #=> 10
(256**20 - 1).size   #=> 20
(256**40 - 1).size   #=> 40

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