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instance method

Numeric#fdiv

(::Numeric) -> ::Numeric

fdiv(other) → float

static VALUE
num_fdiv(VALUE x, VALUE y)
{
    return rb_funcall(rb_Float(x), '/', 1, y);
}

Returns the quotient self/other as a float, using method / as defined in the subclass of Numeric. (Numeric itself does not define /.)

Of the Core and Standard Library classes, only BigDecimal uses this implementation.

See also #eql? #finite? #dup #floor also in 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0