Ruby Integer size() function with example

The size() function in Ruby returns the number of bytes in the machine representation of int.

Syntax: number.size

Parameter: The function takes the integer whose number of bytes is returned.

Return Value: The function returns the number of bytes.

Example #1:

# Ruby program for size() function

# Initializing the numbers
num1 = 18
num2 = 2**1000
num3 = 2**19
num4 = 5**100


# Printing the size value
puts num1.size
puts num2.size
puts num3.size
puts num4.size

Output:

8
126
8
30

Example #2:

# Ruby program for size() function

# Initializing the numbers
num1 = 18
num2 = 5**1000
num3 = 19**19
num4 = 12**100


# Printing the number
# bytes used
puts num1.size
puts num2.size
puts num3.size
puts num4.size

Output:

8
291
11
45