BigDecimal#to_f() : to_f() is a BigDecimal class method which returns a new Float object having approximately the same value as the BigDecimal number.
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Syntax: BigDecimal.to_f() Parameter: BigDecimal values Return: a new Float object having approximately the same value as the BigDecimal number.Example #1 :
# Ruby code for BigDecimal.to_f() 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_f() method
puts "BigDecimal a to_f method : #{a.to_f()}\n\n"
puts "BigDecimal b to_f method : #{b.to_f()}\n\n"
puts "BigDecimal c to_f method : #{c.to_f()}\n\n"
BigDecimal a to_f method : 10.0 BigDecimal b to_f method : -10.0 BigDecimal c to_f method : -11.43Example #2 :
# Ruby code for BigDecimal.to_f() 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_f() method
puts "BigDecimal a to_f method : #{a.to_f()}\n\n"
puts "BigDecimal b to_f method : #{b.to_f()}\n\n"
puts "BigDecimal c to_f method : #{c.to_f()}\n\n"
BigDecimal a to_f method : 144.0 BigDecimal b to_f method : -2.051211007305864e+95 BigDecimal c to_f method : -3.0