thanks for the help people.

To print f as a fraction with a numerator of n (in C):


float f = 0.333f;
int n = 1;

printf("%d/%d", n, (int)((float)n / f));

The only problem with this approach is that you must supply a numerator.

Well, assuming that you can alread add fractions you could do this (Recalling my study of series in calculus):

Say you have an arbitrary decimal say 0.23598375943.
Well this can be represented in fractions as such:
2/10 + 3/100 + 5/1000 + 9/10000 + ...

Which can also be written as such:
n/10^i where i is the decimal place and n is the number at this spot.

I believe this should get you on your way to converting decimals into fractions.

Thanks for all the help. I''ve written my own function to convert float''s to strings. I''ve also found out that VC++ 6 is picky with strings, and doesn''t support the << operator for them . I got around that, but I shouldn''t have to do that.

Now all I have to do is make the conversion function (which should include a pattern-matching algorithm), and implement it in my rational (another name for fractions?) class. Then I''ll have something that acts just like any other data type, including allowing conversions.


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