float * other   → float

Returns a new float which is the product of float and other.

Source Code

/*
* call-seq:
*   float * other   => float
*
* Returns a new float which is the product of <code>float</code>
* and <code>other</code>.
*/

static VALUE
flo_mul(x, y)
   VALUE x, y;
{
   switch (TYPE(y)) {
     case T_FIXNUM:
       return rb_float_new(RFLOAT(x)->value * (double)FIX2LONG(y));
     case T_BIGNUM:
       return rb_float_new(RFLOAT(x)->value * rb_big2dbl(y));
     case T_FLOAT:
       return rb_float_new(RFLOAT(x)->value * RFLOAT(y)->value);
     default:
       return rb_num_coerce_bin(x, y);
   }
}