method

to_s

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to_s(...) public

Returns a string containing the representation of big radix base (2 through 36).

12345654321.to_s         #=> "12345654321"
12345654321.to_s(2)      #=> "1011011111110110111011110000110001"
12345654321.to_s(8)      #=> "133766736061"
12345654321.to_s(16)     #=> "2dfdbbc31"
78546939656932.to_s(36)  #=> "rubyrules"

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     big.to_s(base=10)   =>  string
 *
 *  Returns a string containing the representation of <i>big</i> radix
 *  <i>base</i> (2 through 36).
 *
 *     12345654321.to_s         #=> "12345654321"
 *     12345654321.to_s(2)      #=> "1011011111110110111011110000110001"
 *     12345654321.to_s(8)      #=> "133766736061"
 *     12345654321.to_s(16)     #=> "2dfdbbc31"
 *     78546939656932.to_s(36)  #=> "rubyrules"
 */

static VALUE
rb_big_to_s(argc, argv, x)
    int argc;
    VALUE *argv;
    VALUE x;
{
    VALUE b;
    int base;

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &b);
    if (argc == 0) base = 10;
    else base = NUM2INT(b);
    return rb_big2str(x, base);
}

to_s

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