to_f cuts numbers : BigDecimal « Number « Ruby






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to_f cuts numbers


require 'bigdecimal'

nm = "0.123456789012345678901234567890123456789"
nm.to_f                                            # => 0.123456789012346
BigDecimal(nm).to_s                                # => "0.123456789012345678901234567890123456789E0"








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