Re: Fractions

But how do you find it in PHP? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray Hunter" <bigdog@venticon.com> To: "Stephen" <webmaster@melchior.us> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Fractions > Just like math...find the greatest common denominator of the numerator > and denominator and then divide each (numerator and denominator) by that > number... > > ie: numerator = 8 and denominator = 12 > > so we have 8/12 > > then greatest common denominator is 4... > > so 8/4 = 2 and 12/4 = 3 > > thus, 8/12 => 2/3 > > > On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 15:55, Stephen wrote: > > I know for a fact that you're all going to think, "What the heck does > > he want fractions for!?" I have a reason...I just won't tell you. :-P > > > > My problem is this. I want to simplify a fraction to simplest form but > > if I divide, I'll get a decimal which I can't use. How could I put it > > in simplest form without displaying a decimal to the user and if one > > does come up, a mixed number? > > Thanks, > > Stephen Craton > > http://www.melchior.us > > > > "What is a dreamer that cannot persevere?" -- > > http://www.melchior.us > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- > > Ray Hunter > email: bigdog@venticon.com > www: http://venticon.com > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >