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coerce
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coerce(p1)
public
The coerce method provides support for Ruby type coercion. It is not enabled by default.
This means that binary operations like + * / or - can often be performed on a BigDecimal and an object of another type, if the other object can be coerced into a BigDecimal value.
e.g. a = BigDecimal.new(“1.0”) b = a / 2.0 -> 0.5
Note that coercing a String to a BigDecimal is not supported by default; it requires a special compile-time option when building Ruby.