>I need to convert a decimal to a fraction... anyone have/know of a function for this?
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>.5 --> 1/2
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>.1875 --> 3/16
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>TIA
The problem here is approximate numbers. For instance, you have 0.14. What is your criterion to decide whether you want this as 7/50 (exact) or as 1/7 (almost)? And do you want 0.333333 as 333333/1000000, or as 1/3?
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
