Class: Fixnum - Noobkit

A Fixnum holds Integer values that can be represented in a native machine word (minus 1 bit). If any operation on a Fixnum exceeds this range, the value is automatically converted to a Bignum.

Fixnum objects have immediate value. This means that when they are assigned or passed as parameters, the actual object is passed, rather than a reference to that object. Assignment does not alias Fixnum objects. There is effectively only one Fixnum object instance for any given integer value, so, for example, you cannot add a singleton method to a Fixnum.

Public Methods
\|	Bitwise OR.
%	Returns `fix` modulo `other`. See `Numeric.divmod` for more information.
&	Bitwise AND.
*	Performs multiplication: the class of the resulting object depends on the class of `numeric` and on the magnitude of the result.
**	Raises `fix` to the `other` power, which may be negative or fractional.
+	Performs addition: the class of the resulting object depends on the class of `numeric` and on the magnitude of the result.
-	Performs subtraction: the class of the resulting object depends on the class of `numeric` and on the magnitude of the result.
-@	Negates `fix` (which might return a Bignum).
/	Performs division: the class of the resulting object depends on the class of `numeric` and on the magnitude of the result.
<	Returns `true` if the value of `fix` is less than that of `other`.
<<	Shifts fix left count positions (right if count is negative).
<=	Returns `true` if the value of `fix` is less thanor equal to that of `other`.
<=>	Comparison—Returns -1, 0, or +1 depending on whether fix is less than, equal to, or greater than numeric. This is the basis for the tests in `Comparable`.
==	Return `true` if `fix` equals `other` numerically.
>	Returns `true` if the value of `fix` is greater than that of `other`.
>=	Returns `true` if the value of `fix` is greater than or equal to that of `other`.
>>	Shifts fix right count positions (left if count is negative).
[]	Bit Reference—Returns the nth bit in the binary representation of fix, where fix[0] is the least significant bit.
^	Bitwise EXCLUSIVE OR.
abs	Returns the absolute value of fix.
div	Performs division: the class of the resulting object depends on the class of `numeric` and on the magnitude of the result.
divmod	See `Numeric#divmod`.
id2name	Returns the name of the object whose symbol id is fix. If there is no symbol in the symbol table with this value, returns `nil`. `id2name` has nothing to do with the `Object.id` method. See also `Fixnum#to_sym`, `String#intern`, and class `Symbol`.
induced_from	Convert `obj` to a Fixnum. Works with numeric parameters. Also works with Symbols, but this is deprecated.
modulo	Returns `fix` modulo `other`. See `Numeric.divmod` for more information.
quo	Returns the floating point result of dividing fix by numeric.
size	Returns the number of bytes in the machine representation of a `Fixnum`.
to_f	Converts fix to a `Float`.
to_s	Returns a string containing the representation of fix radix base (between 2 and 36).
to_sym	Returns the symbol whose integer value is fix. See also `Fixnum#id2name`.
zero?	Returns `true` if fix is zero.
~	One’s complement: returns a number where each bit is flipped.

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