Ruby | Float Class
Last Updated :
09 Jun, 2022
In Ruby, Float class is a subclass of Numeric class. The objects of the Float class represents real numbers using the native architecture’s double- precision floating-point representation.
Public Instance Methods
- Arithmetic Operations: This method perform various arithmetic operations on float.
- Addition: It returns the result of the sum of float and numeric value in floating-point number.
float + numeric
- Subtraction: It returns the result of difference of float and numeric value in floating-point number.
float - numeric
- Multiplication: It returns the result of product of float and numeric value in floating-point number.
float * numeric
- Division: It returns the result of division of float and numeric value in floating-point number.
float / numeric
- Modulo: It returns the result of the modulo of float and numeric value in floating-point number.
float % numeric
- Exponent: It returns the result of power of float and numeric value in floating-point number.
float ** numeric
- Unary minus: It returns floating-point number.
float -@
Example:
a = 2 . 1
b = 2
c = a + b
puts "addition #{c}"
d = a - b
puts "subtraction #{d}"
e = a * b
puts "multiplication #{e}"
f = a / b
puts "division #{f}"
g = a % b
puts "modulo #{g}"
h = a ** b
puts "exponent #{h}"
i= -a
puts "unary minus #{i}"
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Output:
addition 4.1
subtraction 0.1
multiplication 4.2
division 1.05
modulo 0.1
exponent 4.41
unary minus -2.1
- <=> : This method returns -1, 0, or +1 depends upon float. If float is less then numeric value then it will return -1, if float is equal to numeric value, then it will returns 0, or if float is greater then numeric value, then it will return +1.
float <=> numeric --> 1, 0, +1
Example:
puts 2 . 1 <=> 4
puts 2 . 0 <=> 2
puts 4 . 6 <=> 2
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Output:
-1
0
1
- == : This method returns true if the obj is equal to float otherwise it returns false.
float == obj --> true or false
Example:
puts 3 . 8 == 4
puts 3 . 8 == 3 . 8
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Output:
false
true
- abs : This method return absolute value of float.
float.abs --> numeric
Example:
puts (- 54 . 56 ).abs
puts (- 65 . 04 ).abs
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Output:
54.56
65.04
- ceil : This method returns the smallest Integer greater than or equal to float. The return type of this method is int.
float.ceil --> int
Example:
puts ( 4 . 1 ).ceil
puts ( 4 . 0 ).ceil
puts (- 4 . 1 ).ceil
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Output:
5
4
-4
- divmod : This method will return an array that contains the quotient and modulus obtained by dividing num by numeric.
float.divmod(numeric) --> array
Example:
p ( 45 . 0 .divmod 5 )
p ( 98 . 0 .divmod 5 )
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Output:
[9, 0.0]
[19, 3.0]
- eql? : This method check if the obj is Float and contains the same value as in float. If they contains same value then it will return true, otherwise return false. The return type of this method is boolean.
float.eql?(obj) --> true or false
Example:
puts 4 . 2 .eql?( 2 )
puts 1 . 2 .eql?( 1 . 2 )
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Output:
false
true
- finite? : This method check if the float is a valid IEEE floating-point number. If float is valid IEEE floating-point number then it will return true otherwise it will return false.
float.finite? --> true or false
Example:
puts ( 45 . 0 ).finite?
puts ( 45 . 0 / 0 . 0 ).finite?
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Output:
true
false
- floor : This method returns largest integer less than or equal to float.
float.floor --> int
Example:
puts 2 . 2 . floor
puts (- 4 . 6 ).floor
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Output:
2
-5
- infinite? : This method returns nil, -1, or +1 it depends upon float. If float is finite, then it return nil, if float is -infinite, then it return -1, or if float is +infinite then it return +1.
float.infinite? --> nil, -1, +1
Example:
puts ( 1 . 1 ).infinite?
puts (- 1 . 1 / 0 . 0 ).infinite?
puts (+ 1 . 1 / 0 . 0 ).infinite?
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Output:
nil
-1
1
- modulo: This method is similar to Float#% method.
float.modulo(numeric) --> numeric
Example:
Output:
12.450000000000003
- nan? : This method return true if float is an invalid IEEE floating-point number otherwise it return false. The return type of this method is boolean.
float.nan? --> true or false
Example:
puts (- 2 . 2 ). nan?
puts ( 0 . 0 / 0 . 0 ). nan?
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Output:
false
true
- round: This method rounds off float to the nearest integer value. The return type of this method is int.
float..round(digits=0) --> numeric
Example:
puts 6 . 7 .round
puts (- 8 . 9 ).round
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Output:
7
-9
- to_f : This method return float.
float.to_f --> float
- to_i : This method return float truncate to the integer. The return type of this method is int.
float.to_i --> int
Example:
Output:
5
- to_int : This method is similar to Float#to_i.
float.to_int --> int
- to_s: This method returns a string that contains a representation of self, as well as a fixed or exponential form of numbering. The call may return NaN, infinity and -infinity.
float.to_s --> string
- truncate : This method is equal to Float#to_i method. The return type of this method is int.
float.truncate
- zero? : This method return true if float is 0.0 otherwise return false. The return type of this method is boolean.
float.zero? --> true or false
Example:
puts ( 0 . 0 ).zero?
puts ( 1 . 4 ).zero?
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Output:
true
false
Float class contains Constants which are listed as follows:
Constants |
Description |
DIG |
It holds minimum number of significant decimal digits in a double-precision floating point and it defaults to 15. |
EPSILON |
It holds difference between 1 and the smallest double-precision floating point number greater than 1 and defaults to 2.2204460492503131e-16. |
MANT_DIG |
It holds the number of mantissa digits of base RADIX. Defaults to 53. |
MAX |
It holds largest possible integer in a double-precision floating point number and it defaults to 1.7976931348623157e+308. |
MAX_10_EXP |
It represent the largest positive exponent in a double-precision floating point where 10 raised to this power minus 1. Defaults to 308. |
MAX_EXP |
It is the largest possible exponent value in a double-precision floating point which defaults to 1024. |
MIN |
It is the smallest positive normalized number in a double-precision floating point. Defaults to 2.2250738585072014e-308. |
MIN_10_EXP |
It is the smallest negative exponent in a double-precision floating point where 10 raised to this power minus 1. Defaults to -307. |
MIN_EXP |
It is the smallest possible exponent value in a double-precision floating point. Defaults to -1021 |
RADIX |
The radix of floating-point representations or in other words, it is a base of floating-point numbers. Defaults to 2 on most systems, which would represent a base-10 decimal |
ROUND |
It represents the rounding mode for floating-point operations. The values includes are:
-1: if the mode is indeterminate
0: if rounding towards zero
1: if the rounding is nearest to representable value
2: if rounding is towards +infinite
3: if rounding is towards +infinite
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NaN |
It is an expression representing a value which is “not a number“. |
INFINITY |
It is an expression representing positive infinity. |
Reference: https://ruby-doc.org/core-2.4.0/Float.html
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