method

exponent

v1_9_1_378 - Show latest stable - Class: BigDecimal

exponent()

public

Returns the exponent of the BigDecimal number, as an Integer.

If the number can be represented as 0.xxxxxx*10**n where xxxxxx is a string of digits with no leading zeros, then n is the exponent.

static VALUE
BigDecimal_exponent(VALUE self)
{
    S_LONG e = VpExponent10(GetVpValue(self,1));
    return INT2NUM(e);
}