abstract struct Float

Overview

Float is the base type of all floating point numbers.

There are two floating point types, Float32 and Float64, which correspond to the binary32 and binary64 types defined by IEEE.

A floating point literal is an optional + or #- sign, followed by a sequence of numbers or underscores, followed by a dot, followed by numbers or underscores, followed by an optional exponent suffix, followed by an optional type suffix. If no suffix is present, the literal's type is Float64.

1.0     # Float64
1.0_f32 # Float32
1_f32   # Float32

1e10   # Float64
1.5e10 # Float64
1.5e-7 # Float64

+1.3 # Float64
-0.5 # Float64

The underscore _ before the suffix is optional.

Underscores can be used to make some numbers more readable:

1_000_000.111_111 # better than 1000000.111111

Included Modules

Direct Known Subclasses

Defined in:

Constructors

Instance Method Summary

Instance methods inherited from module Comparable(BigDecimal)

<(other : T) <, <=(other : T) <=, <=>(other : T) <=>, ==(other : T) ==, >(other : T) >, >=(other : T) >=, clamp(min, max)
clamp(range : Range)
clamp

Instance methods inherited from module Comparable(BigRational)

<(other : T) <, <=(other : T) <=, <=>(other : T) <=>, ==(other : T) ==, >(other : T) >, >=(other : T) >=, clamp(min, max)
clamp(range : Range)
clamp

Instance methods inherited from module Comparable(BigInt)

<(other : T) <, <=(other : T) <=, <=>(other : T) <=>, ==(other : T) ==, >(other : T) >, >=(other : T) >=, clamp(min, max)
clamp(range : Range)
clamp

Instance methods inherited from struct Number

*(other : Complex)
*(other : BigFloat)
*
, +(other : BigFloat)
+(other : Complex)
+
+
, -(other : Complex)
-(other : BigFloat)
-
, /(other : Complex)
/(other : BigFloat)
/
, //(other) //, <=>(other : BigFloat)
<=>(other) : Int32?
<=>
, ==(other : Complex) ==, abs abs, abs2 abs2, cis cis, divmod(number) divmod, format(separator = '.', delimiter = ',', decimal_places : Int? = nil, *, group : Int = 3, only_significant : Bool = false) : String
format(io : IO, separator = '.', delimiter = ',', decimal_places : Int? = nil, *, group : Int = 3, only_significant : Bool = false) : Nil
format
, humanize(io : IO, precision = 3, separator = '.', delimiter = ',', *, base = 10 ** 3, significant = true, prefixes : Indexable = SI_PREFIXES) : Nil
humanize(io : IO, precision = 3, separator = '.', delimiter = ',', *, base = 10 ** 3, significant = true, prefixes : Proc) : Nil
humanize(precision = 3, separator = '.', delimiter = ',', *, base = 10 ** 3, significant = true, prefixes = SI_PREFIXES) : String
humanize(io : IO, precision = 3, separator = '.', delimiter = ',', *, base = 10 ** 3, significant = true, &prefixes : Int32, Float64 -> Tuple(Int32, _) | Tuple(Int32, _, Bool)) : Nil
humanize(precision = 3, separator = '.', delimiter = ',', *, base = 10 ** 3, significant = true, &) : String
humanize(precision = 3, separator = '.', delimiter = ',', *, base = 10 ** 3, significant = true, prefixes : Proc) : Nil
humanize
, i i, round(digits = 0, base = 10) round, sign sign, significant(digits, base = 10) significant, step(*, to limit = nil, exclusive : Bool = false)
step(*, to limit = nil, by step, exclusive : Bool = false)
step(*, to limit = nil, exclusive : Bool = false, &) : Nil
step(*, to limit = nil, by step, exclusive : Bool = false, &) : Nil
step
, to_big_f to_big_f, to_c to_c, to_yaml(yaml : YAML::Nodes::Builder) to_yaml, zero? : Bool zero?

Constructor methods inherited from struct Number

additive_identity : self additive_identity, multiplicative_identity : self multiplicative_identity, zero : self zero

Class methods inherited from struct Number

si_prefix(magnitude : Int, prefixes = SI_PREFIXES) : Char? si_prefix

Instance methods inherited from module Comparable(BigFloat)

<(other : T) <, <=(other : T) <=, <=>(other : T) <=>, ==(other : T) ==, >(other : T) >, >=(other : T) >=, clamp(min, max)
clamp(range : Range)
clamp

Instance methods inherited from module Comparable(Number)

<(other : T) <, <=(other : T) <=, <=>(other : T) <=>, ==(other : T) ==, >(other : T) >, >=(other : T) >=, clamp(min, max)
clamp(range : Range)
clamp

Instance methods inherited from struct Value

==(other : JSON::Any)
==(other : YAML::Any)
==(other)
==
, dup dup

Instance methods inherited from class Object

! : Bool !, !=(other) !=, !~(other) !~, ==(other) ==, ===(other : JSON::Any)
===(other : YAML::Any)
===(other)
===
, =~(other) =~, as(type : Class) as, as?(type : Class) as?, class class, dup dup, hash(hasher)
hash
hash
, in?(*values : Object) : Bool
in?(collection) : Bool
in?
, inspect : String
inspect(io : IO) : Nil
inspect
, is_a?(type : Class) : Bool is_a?, itself itself, nil? : Bool nil?, not_nil! not_nil!, pretty_inspect(width = 79, newline = "\n", indent = 0) : String pretty_inspect, pretty_print(pp : PrettyPrint) : Nil pretty_print, responds_to?(name : Symbol) : Bool responds_to?, tap(&) tap, to_json(io : IO)
to_json
to_json
, to_pretty_json(io : IO, indent : String = " ")
to_pretty_json(indent : String = " ")
to_pretty_json
, to_s : String
to_s(io : IO) : Nil
to_s
, to_yaml(io : IO)
to_yaml
to_yaml
, try(&) try, unsafe_as(type : T.class) forall T unsafe_as

Class methods inherited from class Object

from_json(string_or_io, root : String)
from_json(string_or_io)
from_json
, from_yaml(string_or_io : String | IO) from_yaml

Constructor Detail

def self.from_io(io : IO, format : IO::ByteFormat) : self #

Reads a float from the given io in the given format. See also: IO#read_bytes.


Instance Method Detail

def %(other) #

def - #

def //(other) #
Description copied from struct Number

Divides self by other using floored division.

The result will be of the same type as self.


def <=>(other : BigRational) #

def <=>(other : BigDecimal) #
Description copied from module Comparable(BigDecimal)

The comparison operator. Returns 0 if the two objects are equal, a negative number if this object is considered less than other, a positive number if this object is considered greater than other, or nil if the two objects are not comparable.

Subclasses define this method to provide class-specific ordering.

The comparison operator is usually used to sort values:

# Sort in a descending way:
[3, 1, 2].sort { |x, y| y <=> x } # => [3, 2, 1]

# Sort in an ascending way:
[3, 1, 2].sort { |x, y| x <=> y } # => [1, 2, 3]

def <=>(other : BigInt) #

def days : Time::Span #

Returns a Time::Span of self days.


def fdiv(other : BigInt | BigFloat | BigDecimal | BigRational) : self #

def finite? #

def hash(hasher) #

def hours : Time::Span #

Returns a Time::Span of self hours.


def infinite? #

def microseconds : Time::Span #

Returns a Time::Span of self microseconds.


def milliseconds : Time::Span #

Returns a Time::Span of self milliseconds.


def minutes : Time::Span #

Returns a Time::Span of self minutes.


def modulo(other) #

def nan? #

def nanoseconds : Time::Span #

Returns a Time::Span of self nanoseconds.


def remainder(other) #

def seconds : Time::Span #

Returns a Time::Span of self seconds.


def to_big_d #

Converts self to BigDecimal.

NOTE Floats are fundamentally less precise than BigDecimals, which makes conversion to them risky.

require "big"
1212341515125412412412421.0.to_big_d

def to_big_i : BigInt #

Returns a BigInt representing this float (rounded using floor).

require "big"

1212341515125412412412421.0.to_big_i

def to_big_r #

Returns a BigRational representing this float.

require "big"

123.0.to_big_r

def to_io(io : IO, format : IO::ByteFormat) #

Writes this float to the given io in the given format. See also: IO#write_bytes.


def to_json(json : JSON::Builder) #

def to_json_object_key #

def to_yaml(yaml : YAML::Nodes::Builder) #

def weeks : Time::Span #

Returns a Time::Span of self weeks.