<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Numeric</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <A HREF="Class.html">prev</A> - <A HREF="classes.html#classes">up</A> - <A HREF="Integer.html">next</A> - <A HREF="index.html">index</A> <HR> <dl> <dt> <H1>Numeric</H1> <dd> <P> <code>Numeric</code> is the abstract class for the numbers. </P> <dt> <h2>SuperClass:</h2> <dd> <dl> <dt> <A HREF="Object.html"><code>Object</code></A> </dl> <dt> <h2>Included Modules:</h2> <dd> <dl> <dt> <A HREF="Compar.html"><code>Comparable</code></A> </dl> <dt> <h2>Methods:</h2> <dd> <DL COMPACT> <DT> <A NAME="uplus"> <CODE>+ self</CODE></A> <DD> <p> Returns <code>self</code>. </p> <DT> <A NAME="uminus"> <CODE>- self</CODE></A> <DD> <p> Returns negation of <code>self</code>. </p> <DT> <A NAME="cmp"><CODE>self <=> other</CODE></A> <DD> <p> Returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on whether the left argument is numerically less than, equal to, or greater than the right argument. </p> <DT> <A NAME="abs"> <CODE>abs</CODE></A> <DD> <p> Returns absolute value of <code>self</code>. </p> <DT> <A NAME="chr"><CODE>chr</CODE></A> <DD> <p> Returns the string that contains the character represented by that <code>Integer(self)</code> in the ASCII character set. For example, <code>65.chr</code> is <code>"A"</code>. </p> <DT> <A NAME="coerce"> <CODE>coerce(<VAR>number</VAR>)</CODE></A> <DD> <p> Converts <code>self</code> and the <var>number</var> into mutually calculatable numbers. </p> <DT> <A NAME="divmod"> <CODE>divmod(<VAR>other</VAR>)</CODE></A> <DD> <p> Returns a pair of the quotient and remainder by <var>other</var>. </p> <DT> <A NAME="integer_p"><CODE>integer?</CODE></A> <DD> <p> Returns true if the receiver is integer. </p> <DT> <A NAME="nonzero_p"><CODE>nonzero?</CODE></A> <DD> <p> Returns <code>false</code> on zero, the <code>self</code> otherwise. </p> <DT> <A NAME="to_f"><CODE>to_f</CODE></A> <DD> <p> Converts <code>self</code> into a floating-point number. </p> <DT> <A NAME="to_i"> <CODE>to_i</CODE></A> <DD> <p> Returns an integer converted from <code>self</code>. </p> <DT> <A NAME="zero_p"><CODE>zero?</CODE></A> <DD> <p> Returns <code>true</code> on zero. </p> </DL> </dl> <HR> <A HREF="Class.html">prev</A> - <A HREF="classes.html#classes">up</A> - <A HREF="Integer.html">next</A> - <A HREF="index.html">index</A> <P ALIGN=right><A HREF="mailto:matz@netlab.co.jp">matz@netlab.co.jp</A></P> </BODY> </HTML>
