Require Math

[Lindsay Boyd]

I need to access the sqrt method in my rails app. I believe I need the
Math library for this:

irb(main):010:0> require "Math"
LoadError: no such file to load -- Math

Could someone tell me where I download the Math library from, and where
I should place it on my file system? I can't seem to find any
documentation explaining this.

Lindsay

 

[Mike Stok]

I need to access the sqrt method in my rails app. I believe I need the
Math library for this:

irb(main):010:0> require "Math"
LoadError: no such file to load -- Math

Could someone tell me where I download the Math library from, and
where
I should place it on my file system? I can't seem to find any
documentation explaining this.

It is already there, you can call it in a couple of ways:

puts Math.sqrt(2)

or if you want a lot of Math methods you can use include to get the
Math module's methods without the Math prefix:

include Math
puts sqrt(2)

You should read up on what include does before using it.

Hope this helps,

Mike

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[Lindsay Boyd]

Thanks Mike - I was trying '2.sqrt'. No wonder that didn't work!

 

[Dave Burt]

Lindsay Boyd:

Thanks Mike - I was trying '2.sqrt'. No wonder that didn't work!

Yeah, I've always wanted to do that kind of thing, too... let's try this:

class Numeric
Math.methods(false).each do |m|
define_method(m) {|*args| Math.send(m, self, *args) }
end
end

2.sqrt #=> 1.4142135623731

Floating-pointilicius!

Cheers,
Dave

 

[Lindsay Boyd]

2.sqrt #=> 1.4142135623731

That's really elegant. I can see why Ruby has so many fans

Lindsay