method

coerce

v2_6_3 - Show latest stable - Class: BigDecimal

coerce(p1)

public

The coerce method provides support for Ruby type coercion. It is not enabled by default.

This means that binary operations like + * / or - can often be performed on a BigDecimal and an object of another type, if the other object can be coerced into a BigDecimal value.

e.g.

a = BigDecimal("1.0")
b = a / 2.0 #=> 0.5

Note that coercing a String to a BigDecimal is not supported by default; it requires a special compile-time option when building Ruby.

static VALUE
BigDecimal_coerce(VALUE self, VALUE other)
{
    ENTER(2);
    VALUE obj;
    Real *b;

    if (RB_TYPE_P(other, T_FLOAT)) {
        GUARD_OBJ(b, GetVpValueWithPrec(other, DBL_DIG+1, 1));
        obj = rb_assoc_new(ToValue(b), self);
    }
    else {
        if (RB_TYPE_P(other, T_RATIONAL)) {
            Real* pv = DATA_PTR(self);
            GUARD_OBJ(b, GetVpValueWithPrec(other, pv->Prec*VpBaseFig(), 1));
        }
        else {
            GUARD_OBJ(b, GetVpValue(other, 1));
        }
        obj = rb_assoc_new(b->obj, self);
    }

    return obj;
}

coerce

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