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instance method

Rational#to_s

rat.to_s → string

static VALUE
nurat_to_s(VALUE self)
{
    return f_format(self, f_to_s);
}

Returns the value as a string.

Example

Rational(2).to_s      #=> "2/1"
Rational(-8, 6).to_s  #=> "-4/3"
Rational('1/2').to_s  #=> "1/2"

See also #to_r #truncate #to_json also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.1 · 3.0