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v1_9_1_378 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: BigDecimal

-(p1) public

Subtract the specified value.

e.g.

c = a.sub(b,n)
c = a - b

digits

If specified and less than the number of significant digits of the result, the result is rounded to that number of digits, according to BigDecimal.mode.

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static VALUE
BigDecimal_sub(VALUE self, VALUE r)
{
    ENTER(5);
    Real *c, *a, *b;
    U_LONG mx;

    GUARD_OBJ(a,GetVpValue(self,1));
    b = GetVpValue(r,0);
    if(!b) return DoSomeOne(self,r,'-');
    SAVE(b);

    if(VpIsNaN(b)) return b->obj;
    if(VpIsNaN(a)) return a->obj;

    mx = GetAddSubPrec(a,b);
    if(mx==(-1L)) {
        GUARD_OBJ(c,VpCreateRbObject(VpBaseFig() + 1, "0"));
        VpAddSub(c, a, b, -1);
    } else {
        GUARD_OBJ(c,VpCreateRbObject(mx *(VpBaseFig() + 1), "0"));
        if(!mx) {
            VpSetInf(c,VpGetSign(a));
        } else {
            VpAddSub(c, a, b, -1);
        }
    }
    return ToValue(c);
}

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