Ruby | BigDecimal to_d() function

BigDecimal#to_d() : to_d() is a BigDecimal class method which returns the self of Big decimal.

Syntax: BigDecimal.to_d() Parameter: BigDecimal values Return: the self of Big decimal.

Example #1 :

Ruby

# Ruby code for BigDecimal.to_d() method

# loading library
require 'bigdecimal'
require 'bigdecimal/util'

# declaring bigdecimal
a = BigDecimal("10")

# declaring bigdecimal
b = -BigDecimal("10")

# declaring bigdecimal
c = -BigDecimal("11.43")

# to_d() method
puts "BigDecimal a to_d method : #{a.to_d()}\n\n"

puts "BigDecimal b to_d method : #{b.to_d()}\n\n"

puts "BigDecimal c to_d method : #{c.to_d()}\n\n"

Output :

BigDecimal a to_d method : 0.1E2

BigDecimal b to_d method : -0.1E2

BigDecimal c to_d method : -0.1143E2

Example #2 :

Ruby

# Ruby code for BigDecimal.to_d() method

# loading library
require 'bigdecimal'
require 'bigdecimal/util'

# declaring bigdecimal
a = BigDecimal('12')*12

# declaring bigdecimal
b = BigDecimal('10')-(22 ** 7.1) ** 10

# declaring bigdecimal
c = BigDecimal('-3')

# to_d() method
puts "BigDecimal a to_d method : #{a.to_d()}\n\n"

puts "BigDecimal b to_d method : #{b.to_d()}\n\n"

puts "BigDecimal c to_d method : #{c.to_d()}\n\n"

Output :

BigDecimal a to_d method : 0.144E3

BigDecimal b to_d method : -0.20512110073058639999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999E96

BigDecimal c to_d method : -0.3E1

Ruby | BigDecimal to_d() function

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