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instance method

BigDecimal#add

add(value, ndigits) → new_bigdecimal

Returns the BigDecimal sum of self and value with a precision of ndigits decimal digits.

When ndigits is less than the number of significant digits in the sum, the sum is rounded to that number of digits, according to the current rounding mode; see BigDecimal.mode.

Examples:

Example
# Set the rounding mode.
BigDecimal.mode(BigDecimal::ROUND_MODE, :half_up)
b = BigDecimal('111111.111')
b.add(1, 0)               # => 0.111112111e6
b.add(1, 3)               # => 0.111e6
b.add(1, 6)               # => 0.111112e6
b.add(1, 15)              # => 0.111112111e6
b.add(1.0, 15)            # => 0.111112111e6
b.add(Rational(1, 1), 15) # => 0.111112111e6
See also #abs #as_json #>= #ceil also in 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0