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new

v2_1_10 - Show latest stable - Class: BigDecimal

new(*args)

public

Create a new BigDecimal object.

initial

The initial value, as an Integer, a Float, a Rational, a BigDecimal, or a String.

If it is a String, spaces are ignored and unrecognized characters terminate the value.

digits

The number of significant digits, as a Fixnum. If omitted or 0, the number of significant digits is determined from the initial value.

The actual number of significant digits used in computation is usually larger than the specified number.

static VALUE
BigDecimal_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    ENTER(1);
    Real *pv = rb_check_typeddata(self, &BigDecimal_data_type);
    Real *x;

    GUARD_OBJ(x, BigDecimal_new(argc, argv));
    if (ToValue(x)) {
        pv = VpCopy(pv, x);
    }
    else {
        VpFree(pv);
        pv = x;
    }
    DATA_PTR(self) = pv;
    pv->obj = self;
    return self;
}

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