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class Float

Parent: Numeric

Version: 1.6

Index:

Arithmetic operations <=> ceil finite? floor infinite? nan? round to_f to_i to_s

Float objects represent real numbers using the native architecture's double-precision floating point representation.

instance methods

Arithmetic operations

Performs various arithmetic operations on flt.

flt + aNumeric Addition

flt -- aNumeric Subtraction

flt * aNumeric Multiplication

flt / aNumeric Division

flt % aNumeric Modulo

flt ** aNumeric Exponentiation

<=> flt <=> aNumeric -> -1, 0, +1

Returns -1, 0, or +1 depending on whether flt is less than, equal to, or greater than aNumeric. This is the basis for the tests in Comparable.

ceil flt.ceil -> anInteger

Returns the smallest Integer greater than or equal to flt.

1.2.ceil ƒT 2

2.0.ceil ƒT 2

(-1.2).ceil ƒT -1

(-2.0).ceil ƒT -2

finite? flt.finite? -> true or false

Returns true if flt is a valid IEEE floating point number (it is not infinite, and nan? is false).

floor flt.floor -> anInteger

Returns the largest integer less than or equal to flt.

1.2.floor ƒT 1

2.0.floor ƒT 2

(-1.2).floor ƒT -2

(-2.0).floor ƒT -2

infinite? flt.infinite? -> nil, -1, +1

Returns nil, -1, or +1 depending on whether flt is finite, -infinity, or +infinity.

(0.0).infinite? ƒT nil

(-1.0/0.0).infinite? ƒT -1

(+1.0/0.0).infinite? ƒT 1

nan? flt.nan? -> true or false

Returns true if flt is an invalid IEEE floating point number.

a = -1.0 ƒT -1.0

a.nan? ƒT false

a = Math.log(a) ƒT NaN

a.nan? ƒT true

round flt.round -> anInteger

Rounds flt to the nearest integer. Equivalent to:

def round
 return floor(self+0.5) if self > 0.0
 return ceil(self-0.5) if self < 0.0
 return 0.0
end

1.5.round ƒT 2

(-1.5).round ƒT -2

to_f flt.to_f -> flt

Returns flt.

to_i flt.to_i -> anInteger

Returns flt truncated to an Integer.

to_s flt.to_s -> aString

Returns a string containing a representation of self. As well as a fixed or exponential form of the number, the call may return ``NaN'', ``Infinity'', and ``-Infinity''.

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