Ruby | BigDecimal to_digits() function

BigDecimal#to_digits() : to_digits() is a BigDecimal class method which converts a Big decimal to string of the form “nnnnnn.mmm”

Syntax: BigDecimal.to_digits()

Parameter: BigDecimal values

Return: converts a Big decimal to string of the form “nnnnnn.mmm”

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for BigDecimal.to_digits() method

# loading library
require 'bigdecimal'
require 'bigdecimal/util'

# declaring bigdecimal
a = BigDecimal("10")

# declaring bigdecimal
b = -BigDecimal("10")

# declaring bigdecimal
c = -BigDecimal("11.43")

# to_digits() method
puts "BigDecimal a to_digits method : #{a.to_digits()}\n\n"

puts "BigDecimal b to_digits method : #{b.to_digits()}\n\n"

puts "BigDecimal c to_digits method : #{c.to_digits()}\n\n"

Output :

BigDecimal a to_digits method : 10.0

BigDecimal b to_digits method : -10.0

BigDecimal c to_digits method : -11.43

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for BigDecimal.to_digits() method

# loading library
require 'bigdecimal'
require 'bigdecimal/util'

# declaring bigdecimal
a = BigDecimal('12')*12

# declaring bigdecimal
b = BigDecimal('10')-(22 ** 7.1) ** 10

# declaring bigdecimal
c = BigDecimal('-3')

# to_digits() method
puts "BigDecimal a to_digits method : #{a.to_digits()}\n\n"

puts "BigDecimal b to_digits method : #{b.to_digits()}\n\n"

puts "BigDecimal c to_digits method : #{c.to_digits()}\n\n"

Output :

BigDecimal a to_digits method : 144.0

BigDecimal b to_digits method : -205121100730586399999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999990.0

BigDecimal c to_digits method : -3.0