Ruby | BigDecimal === value

BigDecimal#===() : ===() is a BigDecimal class method which compares two BigDecimal values. In case of BigDecimal, it performs exactly like ‘BigDecimal#==()’ method.

Syntax:  BigDecimal.===()

Parameter:  BigDecimal values

Return:  true - if a == b; otherwise false

Code #1 : Example for ===() method

# Ruby code for BigDecimal.===() method

# loading BigDecimal
require 'bigdecimal'

# declaring BigDecimal
a = 42.1**13

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

# declaring BigDecimal
c = -(22 ** 7.1) * 10

# checking equality
puts "BigDecimal a === b : #{a===b}\n\n"

# checking equality
puts "BigDecimal b === c : #{b===c}\n\n"

# checking equality
puts "BigDecimal a === c : #{c===a}\n\n"

Output :

BigDecimal a === b : false

BigDecimal b === c : false

BigDecimal a === c : false

Code #2 : Example for ===() method

# Ruby code for BigDecimal.===() method

# loading BigDecimal
require 'bigdecimal'

# declaring BigDecimal
a = 12**12 - 27

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

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

# checking equality
puts "BigDecimal a === b : #{a===b}\n\n"

# checking equality
puts "BigDecimal b === c : #{b===c}\n\n"

Output :

BigDecimal a === b : false

BigDecimal b === c : false