I have some Ruby math questions that need answering

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When handling percentage calculations:

Simple 99/100..

Will I always have to do 99.to_f/100.to_f in order to receive 0.99? Or
is there a simpler way of performing this task in ruby..

I notice that there doesn't appear to be a round method with decimal
places (or perhaps I can't find one) so I found this one which appears
to work:

class Float
  def round_to(x)
    (self * 10**x).round.to_f / 10**x
  end

  def ceil_to(x)
    (self * 10**x).ceil.to_f / 10**x
  end

  def floor_to(x)
    (self * 10**x).floor.to_f / 10**x
  end
end

The question I have is can I expand upon divisor behavior and create
something that changes the way ruby behaves with integers/floats on a
more permanent basis?

I only ask because I'm working with standard deviation and some advanced
mathematics that revolve around calculating variance. I just don't want
to experience any gotchas halfway down my project.

Lastly, is there a good core site that houses all of the API for ruby
math functions or refined methods that deal with variance?

Many thanks.

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99.0/100 is sufficient here

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On Jul 16, 2009, at 11:55 PM, Älphä Blüë wrote:

When handling percentage calculations:

Simple 99/100..

Will I always have to do 99.to_f/100.to_f in order to receive 0.99? Or
is there a simpler way of performing this task in ruby..

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Älphä Blüë wrote:

When handling percentage calculations:

Simple 99/100..

Will I always have to do 99.to_f/100.to_f in order to receive 0.99? Or
is there a simpler way of performing this task in ruby..

or you use

require 'mathn'

and I bet, there is much stuff in the facets-pakage: http://facets.rubyforge.org/

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99.0/100 or 99/100.0 will also work! You would have to keep one floating
point to get a floating point result!

regards,
Vikas Sarin
Senior Software Quality Engineer
QA Infotech
Email: vikassarin@qainfotech.net
Mob#: +919810319641

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ralf Mueller [mailto:ralf.mueller@zmaw.de]
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 10:51 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: I have some Ruby math questions that need answering

Älphä Blüë wrote:

When handling percentage calculations:

Simple 99/100..

Will I always have to do 99.to_f/100.to_f in order to receive 0.99? Or
is there a simpler way of performing this task in ruby..

or you use

require 'mathn'

and I bet, there is much stuff in the facets-pakage:
http://facets.rubyforge.org/

5

Thanks everyone - I appreciate the information. This does help me out
going forward. I'll look into facets as well.

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