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Object
Convert string to a BigDecimal
and return it.
require 'bigdecimal' require 'bigdecimal/util' "0.5".to_d # => #<BigDecimal:1dc69e0,'0.5E0',9(18)>
# File bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb, line 47
def to_d
BigDecimal(self)
end