From: Tom Werner <pubsub@...>
Date: 2007-08-04T07:22:14+09:00
Subject: Re: percentage in Ruby

Li Chen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> How to write percentage in Ruby, for instance 1.2%? Do I have to change
> it to 0.012 before I apply other operation on it? It looks like "%" is
> used for other purpose in Ruby.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Li
>   
Yes, % is the modulo operator, so 1.2 percent would indeed be best 
represented as 0.012 in your code.

Tom