From: Philipp Kempgen <lists@...>
Date: 2010-08-21T15:53:12+09:00
Subject: Re: convert  125% into  1.25?

From a mathematical aspect the % sign means 1/100 so 125 % equals
1.25.

Pen Ttt schrieb (am 21.8.10 07:16):
> irb(main):011:0> format("%.2f",125)
> => "125.00"

> irb(main):012:0> format("%.2f",125%)
> SyntaxError: compile error
> (irb):12: syntax error, unexpected ')'

Ruby does not allow you to write 125% like that.
You can however divide 125 by 100 (or rather 100.0 to get a
floating point number):

format( "%.2f", 125 / 100.0 )
=> "1.25"


Regards,
  Philipp