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instance method

Rational#to_d

rat.to_d(precision) → bigdecimal

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

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-3.1.3/ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb, line 128
def to_d(precision)
  BigDecimal(self, precision)
end

Returns the value as a BigDecimal.

The required precision parameter is used to determine the number of significant digits for the result.

Example

require 'bigdecimal'
require 'bigdecimal/util'

Rational(22, 7).to_d(3)   # => 0.314e1