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method

to_f

ruby latest stable - Class: String
to_f()
public

Returns the result of interpreting leading characters in str as a floating point number. Extraneous characters past the end of a valid number are ignored. If there is not a valid number at the start of str, 0.0 is returned. This method never raises an exception.

"123.45e1".to_f #=> 1234.5
"45.67 degrees".to_f #=> 45.67
"thx1138".to_f #=> 0.0
static VALUE
rb_str_to_f(VALUE str)
{
 return DBL2NUM(rb_str_to_dbl(str, FALSE));
}

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