From: Dick Davies <rasputnik@...>
Date: 2010-08-23T15:19:59+09:00
Subject: Re: convert 125% into 1.25?

Ah, good catch both, thanks.

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 2:02 AM, Rob Biedenharn
<Rob@agileconsultingllc.com> wrote:
> On Aug 22, 2010, at 7:59 PM, Ryan Davis wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 22, 2010, at 13:32 , Dick Davies wrote:
>>
>>> ?> class Fixnum
>>>>>
>>>>> def percent
>>
>> the appropriate place to put that is Integer, not Fixnum.
>>
>>> % ruby -e 'p 100.class.superclass'
>>> Integer
>
> Or even Numeric:
>
> irb> 1.class.ancestors
> => [Fixnum, Integer, Numeric, Comparable, Object, Kernel, BasicObject]
> irb> class Numeric
> irb>   def percent
> irb>     self.to_f / 100.0
> irb>     end
> irb>   end
> => nil
> irb> 5.percent
> => 0.05
> irb> 125.percent
> => 1.25
> irb> 14.7.percent
> => 0.147
> irb> (99+"44/100".to_r).percent
> => 0.9944