Ruby | BigDecimal > value

BigDecimal#>() : >() is a BigDecimal class method compares two BigDecimal values.

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

# comparing two BigDecimal
puts "BigDecimal a > b : #{a>b}\n\n"

# comparing two BigDecimal
puts "BigDecimal b > c : #{b>c}\n\n"

# comparing two BigDecimal
puts "BigDecimal a > c : #{c>a}\n\n"

Output :

BigDecimal a > b : true

BigDecimal b > c : true

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')

# comparing two BigDecimal
puts "BigDecimal a > b : #{a>b}\n\n"

# comparing two BigDecimal
puts "BigDecimal b > c : #{b>c}\n\n"

Output :

BigDecimal a > b : true

BigDecimal b > c : false