what does /2 or /5.5 represent to ruby?
in a division caclulation: x / 5.5
if you only put a space between x and the /, then
the console hangs
in irb it does this:
irb(main):014:0> x = BigDecimal("10.00")
=> #<BigDecimal:31a5ccc,'0.1E2',4(8)>
irb(main):015:0> x * 5
=> #<BigDecimal:31a3760,'0.5E2',4(16)>
irb(main):016:0> x / 2
=> #<BigDecimal:31a11a4,'0.5E1',4(32)>
irb(main):017:0> x /2
irb(main):018:0/ x/2
=> #<BigDecimal:319e24c,'0.5E1',4(32)>
irb(main):019:0> x /2.5
irb(main):020:0/
thanks
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