From: soxinbox <faker@...>
Date: 2005-10-03T13:11:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Truncating Floats

for more enjoyment and greater efficiency:
(s=2.33333.to_s + "00").slice(0,s.index(".")+3)

"James Edward Gray II" <james@grayproductions.net> wrote in message 
news:AF6D1EBB-D94C-40C7-913E-CE6137D99FFA@grayproductions.net...
> On Oct 1, 2005, at 4:31 AM, Kero wrote:
>
>>> Probably cause you can do it in one line:
>>>
>>> ('%.2f' % 0.255).to_f
>>>
>>
>> That's rounding, not truncating.
>
> Okay, how about:
>
> 0.255.to_s.sub(/(\.\d{2})\d+/, "\\1").to_f
>
> James Edward Gray II
>
>