taylortronic

I don't seem able to find an easy object for this, and I'm kind of scratching my head. Before I spend a day writing an abstraction that does this, I thought I'd hit up our forum:

I need to be able to convert a decimal to the simplest approximate integer-over-integer fraction. I see an abstraction that takes a floating point in an inlet and has three outlets - outlet1: numerator, outlet2:denominator, outlet3: the difference between absolute and approximation (I guess "remainder" isn't the right word, but I would prefer a round fraction with a margin of erre as long as I could get a value on the difference).

It's hard to believe that someone hasn't had to tread this path before... anybody got any suggestions?

Hey all,
I don't seem able to find an easy object for this, and I'm kind of scratching my head.  Before I spend a day writing an abstraction that does this, I thought I'd hit up our forum:

I need to be able to convert a decimal to the simplest approximate integer-over-integer fraction.  I see an abstraction that takes a floating point in an inlet and has three outlets - outlet1: numerator, outlet2:denominator, outlet3: the difference between absolute and approximation (I guess "remainder" isn't the right word, but I would prefer a round fraction with a margin of erre as long as I could get a value on the difference).

Hey all,
I don't seem able to find an easy object for this, and I'm kind of scratching my head.  Before I spend a day writing an abstraction

decimal-›-numeratordenominator

Look at the 'bach' package. It has objects for rational numbers and conversions.

thanks, broc. I have that installed i'll go straight to it. i imagine i would be using it for the same purposes.

thanks, broc.  I have that installed i'll go straight to it.  i imagine i would be using it for the same purposes.

broc for the win! thank you, this is exactly what I needed, and knew was lurking around in my objects. that is perfect. thanks again.

broc for the win! thank you, this is exactly what I needed, and knew was lurking around in my objects.  that is perfect. thanks again.


Decimal -> Numerator/Denominator ?