Convert string to decimal number in ruby

You call to_i, you get integer.

Try calling to_f, you should get a float.

For more string conversion methods, look here.

If you want more accurate answer with the calculation to avoid bug like this https://www.codecademy.com/en/forum_questions/50fe886f68fc44056f00626c you can use conversion to decimalexample :

require 'bigdecimal'require 'bigdecimal/util'size = ARGV[0]size = size.to_d

this should make the printed number become decimal but if you want to make it as float again just put this to_f again

size=size.to_fputs size

ruby numbers decimal

You also can use the decimal class for it

a = '2.45'Decimal(a) # => 2.45

UPDATE:

Use bigdecimal as @bigtex777 mentioned:

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