Kae Verens wrote:
> I want to convert a decimal to a fraction - simply done... but I would
> prefer very simple fractions over absolute accuracy (3/7 instead of
> 43/100, for example).
>> Does anyone already have an algorithm that does this? Or am I going to
> have to oil my head clockwork?
>> Kae
>
For anyone that has a similar problem in future, the solution (lazy as
it was) that I came up with was to have a small database of common
irrational number fractions, and use a variant of Euclid's algorithm for
the rest.
Yes, this was for a website, so it's not totally off topic
(www.sportinginvestments.com/index1.html - I only coded the functional
parts, so don't mention the frames or the strange similarity to
www.apple.com, or the lack of valid HTML).
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