Converting a decimal into a fraction measurement?

[BowDown]

I have found a sub routine that will convert a decimal to a fraction with a set degree of accuracy. But I need something that will only work in 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 (powers of 2).

Anyone know of anything to help me?

[comment]

See if this helps.

[BowDown]

Awesome! I was about 75% to the same type of calculation myself :.

[Genx]

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[Søren Dyhr]

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[BowDown]

I can't figure out how to add in 1/2 conversions? I got it to do .5 to 1/2, but then when I had .75 it would do 1.5/2.

Think you could modify that for me?

[comment]

Huh? 0.75 returns "3/4", unless we're not talking about the same formula.

[BowDown]

No I was saying after my changes it didn't. But yours if you do .5 returns 2/4.

[comment]

I see. Well, that was the requirement then.

Here's a more general formula, adapted from Mikhail Edoshin's "Common fractions from their decimal representation". You can adjust the precision parameter (in powers of two) to the smallest division you want to be shown.

Let ( [

precision = 16 ;

num = Round ( Number * precision ; 0 ) / precision ;

fraction = Mod ( num ; 1 ) ;

len = Length ( fraction ) ;

denom = Case ( len ; 2^( len - 1 ) )

] ;

Case ( Int ( num ) or not fraction ; Int ( num) )

&

Case ( Int ( num ) and fraction ; " " )

&

Case ( fraction ; fraction * denom & "/" & denom )

)

[BowDown]

Thanks!

[DeMa]

I am a novice with filemaker. I have two fields in which i want to enter a width and height in a fraction ( as 30-1/4") in the next field to calculate the result of total square footage in want the result to be in a whole number, but it does not add up correctly. I have been trying different things with no luck, any insight would be greatly appreciated.

[Lee Smith]

If I'm understanding you correctly, you want to take a number such as 11 1/5 and have it enter as 11.5 in the field?

If so, go to this URL:

http://www.databasepros.com/resources.html

and do a find for Fraction

and it will return two files. check them both out.

Lee

[DeMa]

Thanks for the advise, it was of great value.