What about .625. This is really 5/8, but the 1/.625 = 1.60. I can't find a way around this one. Any ideas?

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>Brian,
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>Off the top of my head, I'd say 1 / .25 = 4, which is your denominator. Divide 1 by your decimal and you get the denominator x in the expression 1/x.
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>For 2.25 (and other mixed numbers), use this approach:
>1. Divide 1 by the decimal portion to get your denominator
>2. multiply the denominator by the integer portion, add 1, that's your numerator.
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>>Has anyone ever seen a routine that will take a decimal number, and output a string that is formatted as a fraction. For instance, send in .25, and it will return "1/4". Any help would be great.
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>>Thanks