Creates a new BigRational.

If denominator is 0, this will raise an exception.

Creates a new BigRational with num as the numerator and 1 for denominator.

Creates a exact representation of float as rational.

Creates a BigRational from the given num.

Creates a BigRational from the given num.

Raises the rational to the otherth power

This will raise DivisionByZeroError if rational is 0 and other is negative.

require "big"

BigRational.new(2, 3) ** 2  # => 4/9
BigRational.new(2, 3) ** -1 # => 3/2

Multiplies the rational by (2 ** other)

require "big"

BigRational.new(2, 3) << 2 # => 8/3

The comparison operator. Returns 0 if the two objects are equal, a negative number if this object is considered less than other, a positive number if this object is considered greter than other, or nil if the two objects are not comparable.

Subclasses define this method to provide class-specific ordering.

The comparison operator is usually used to sort values:

# Sort in a descending way:
[3, 1, 2].sort { |x, y| y <=> x } # => [3, 2, 1]

# Sort in an ascending way:
[3, 1, 2].sort { |x, y| x <=> y } # => [1, 2, 3]

Divides the rational by (2 ** other)

require "big"

BigRational.new(2, 3) >> 2 # => 1/6

Returns the absolute value of this number.

123.abs  # => 123
-123.abs # => 123

TODO improve this

Returns a String representation of this object suitable to be embedded inside other expressions, sometimes providing more information about this object.

#inspect (and #inspect(io)) are the methods used when you invoke #to_s or #inspect on an object that holds other objects and wants to show them. For example when you invoke Array#to_s, #inspect will be invoked on each element:

ary = ["one", "two", "three, etc."]
ary.inspect # => ["one", "two", "three, etc."]

Note that if Array invoked #to_s on each of the elements above, the output would have been this:

ary = ["one", "two", "three, etc."]
# If inspect invoked to_s on each element...
ary.inspect # => [one, two, three, etc.]

Note that it's not clear how many elements the array has, or which are they, because #to_s doesn't guarantee that the string representation is clearly delimited (in the case of String the quotes are not shown).

Also note that sometimes the output of #inspect will look like a Crystal expression that will compile, but this isn't always the case, nor is it necessary. Notably, Reference#inspect and Struct#inspect return values that don't compile.

Classes must usually not override this method. Instead, they must override #inspect(io), which must append to the given IO object.

Appends a string representation of this object to the given IO object.

Similar to #to_s(io), but usually appends more information about this object. See #inspect.

Returns a new BigRational as 1/r.

This will raise an exception if rational is 0.

Converts self to BigDecimal.

Returns the Float64 representing this rational.

Appends a String representation of this object to the given IO object.

An object must never append itself to the io argument, as this will in turn call #to_s(io) on it.

Returns the string representing this rational.

Optionally takes a radix base (2 through 36).

require "big"

r = BigRational.new(8243243, 562828882)
r.to_s     # => "8243243/562828882"
r.to_s(16) # => "7dc82b/218c1652"
r.to_s(36) # => "4woiz/9b3djm"