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v1_9_3_392 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: Rational

-(p1) public

Performs subtraction.

For example:

Rational(2, 3)  - Rational(2, 3)   #=> (0/1)
Rational(900)   - Rational(1)      #=> (899/1)
Rational(-2, 9) - Rational(-9, 2)  #=> (77/18)
Rational(9, 8)  - 4                #=> (23/8)
Rational(20, 9) - 9.8              #=> -7.577777777777778

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static VALUE
nurat_sub(VALUE self, VALUE other)
{
    switch (TYPE(other)) {
      case T_FIXNUM:
      case T_BIGNUM:
        {
            get_dat1(self);

            return f_addsub(self,
                            dat->num, dat->den,
                            other, ONE, '-');
        }
      case T_FLOAT:
        return f_sub(f_to_f(self), other);
      case T_RATIONAL:
        {
            get_dat2(self, other);

            return f_addsub(self,
                            adat->num, adat->den,
                            bdat->num, bdat->den, '-');
        }
      default:
        return rb_num_coerce_bin(self, other, '-');
    }
}

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