Ruby: If I wanted to convert order.price to a decimal value, do I use order.price.to_i?

Question

Very beginner's question: I noticed that there's no .to_d (such as order.price.to_d to convert order.price into a decimal). Say order.price is currently a string; can I then use order.price.to_i to convert it into a decimal?

Answer 1

The Ruby corelib documentation is your friend!

>> "9.95".to_f
=> 9.95
>> "9.95".to_f.class
=> Float
>>