Ruby | BigDecimal < value

BigDecimal#<() : <() is a BigDecimal class method which 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

# false - as a>b
puts "BigDecimal a < b : #{a<b}\n\n"

# false - as b>c
puts "BigDecimal b < c : #{b<c}\n\n"

# true as a>c
puts "BigDecimal a < c : #{c<a}\n\n"

Output :

BigDecimal a < b : false

BigDecimal b < c : false

BigDecimal a < c : true

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')

# false as a>b
puts "BigDecimal a < b : #{a<b}\n\n"

# true as b<c
puts "BigDecimal b < c : #{b<c}\n\n"

Output :

BigDecimal a < b : false

BigDecimal b < c : true