float / other   → float

Returns a new float which is the result of dividing float by other.

Source Code

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

static VALUE
flo_div(x, y)
   VALUE x, y;
{
   long f_y;
   double d;

   switch (TYPE(y)) {
     case T_FIXNUM:
       f_y = FIX2LONG(y);
       return rb_float_new(RFLOAT(x)->value / (double)f_y);
     case T_BIGNUM:
       d = rb_big2dbl(y);
       return rb_float_new(RFLOAT(x)->value / d);
     case T_FLOAT:
       return rb_float_new(RFLOAT(x)->value / RFLOAT(y)->value);
     default:
       return rb_num_coerce_bin(x, y);
   }
}