Can't you just do something like (1/ (trate.to_f)).to_s I expect you don't need all the parantheses1
2009/4/30 James Byrne <[email protected]> > > I need to transform a decimal fraction received as a string into its > reciprocal, also stored as a string. I have come up with this but I > would like to know if there exists a better way to accomplish this > requirement. > > trate = xchg.xpath('cb:value').text > scale = 10 ** (trate.length() -1 - (trate.index('.').to_i)) > value = trate.gsub(/\.|,| /,'').to_i > trate = (1000000 * scale / value).to_s > trate = trate.rjust(7,'0') > trate = trate.insert(-7,'.') > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
