Class: String (Ruby 2.3.4)

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BigDecimal extends the native String class to provide the to_d method.

When you require BigDecimal in your application, this method will be available on String objects.

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to_d → bigdecimal

Convert string to a BigDecimal and return it.

require 'bigdecimal'
require 'bigdecimal/util'

"0.5".to_d
# => #<BigDecimal:1dc69e0,'0.5E0',9(18)>

 
               # File bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb, line 60
def to_d
  BigDecimal(self)
end