Class: String (Ruby 2.2.4)
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- bigdecimal/lib/bigdecimal/util.rb

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### Methods

- #to_d

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# String

BigDecimal extends the native String class to provide the to_d method.

When you require BigDecimal in your application, this method will be available on String objects.

### Public Instance Methods

to_d → bigdecimal click to toggle source

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 59
    def to_d
      BigDecimal(self)
    end