Method: BigDecimal.limit

Defined in:

bigdecimal.c

.limit(*args) ⇒ Object

BigDecimal.limit(digits)

Limit the number of significant digits in newly created BigDecimal numbers to the specified value. Rounding is performed as necessary, as specified by BigDecimal.mode.

A limit of 0, the default, means no upper limit.

The limit specified by this method takes less priority over any limit specified to instance methods such as ceil, floor, truncate, or round.

# File 'bigdecimal.c', line 3784

static VALUE
BigDecimal_limit(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    VALUE  nFig;
    VALUE  nCur = SIZET2NUM(VpGetPrecLimit());

    if (rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &nFig) == 1) {
	int nf;
	if (NIL_P(nFig)) return nCur;
	nf = NUM2INT(nFig);
	if (nf < 0) {
	    rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "argument must be positive");
	}
	VpSetPrecLimit(nf);
    }
    return nCur;
}