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instance method
Rational#*
rat * numeric → numeric
rational.c
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VALUE
rb_rational_mul(VALUE self, VALUE other)
{
if (RB_INTEGER_TYPE_P(other)) {
{
get_dat1(self);
return f_muldiv(self,
dat->num, dat->den,
other, ONE, '*');
}
}
else if (RB_FLOAT_TYPE_P(other)) {
return DBL2NUM(nurat_to_double(self) * RFLOAT_VALUE(other));
}
else if (RB_TYPE_P(other, T_RATIONAL)) {
{
get_dat2(self, other);
return f_muldiv(self,
adat->num, adat->den,
bdat->num, bdat->den, '*');
}
}
else {
return rb_num_coerce_bin(self, other, '*');
}
}
Performs multiplication.
Example
Rational(2, 3) * Rational(2, 3) #=> (4/9) Rational(900) * Rational(1) #=> (900/1) Rational(-2, 9) * Rational(-9, 2) #=> (1/1) Rational(9, 8) * 4 #=> (9/2) Rational(20, 9) * 9.8 #=> 21.77777777777778