method

to_digits

v2_6_3 - Show latest stable - Class: BigDecimal

to_digits()

public

Converts a BigDecimal to a String of the form “nnnnnn.mmm”. This method is deprecated; use BigDecimal#to_s(“F”) instead.

require 'bigdecimal/util'

d = BigDecimal("3.14")
d.to_digits                  # => "3.14"

# File ext/bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb, line 84
  def to_digits
    if self.nan? || self.infinite? || self.zero?
      self.to_s
    else
      i       = self.to_i.to_s
      _,f,_,z = self.frac.split
      i + "." + ("0"*(-z)) + f
    end
  end

to_digits

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