Method: Complex#to_f

Defined in:
complex.c

#to_f ⇒ Float

Returns the value as a float if possible (the imaginary part should be exactly zero).

Complex(1, 0).to_f    #=> 1.0
Complex(1, 0.0).to_f  # RangeError
Complex(1, 2).to_f    # RangeError

Returns:


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# File 'complex.c', line 1615

static VALUE
nucomp_to_f(VALUE self)
{
    get_dat1(self);

    if (!k_exact_zero_p(dat->imag)) {
	rb_raise(rb_eRangeError, "can't convert %"PRIsVALUE" into Float",
		 self);
    }
    return f_to_f(dat->real);
}