[jira] Updated: (MATH-181) Specify the maximum of digits when parsing a Fraction

["Niall Pemberton (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Niall Pemberton updated MATH-181:
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    Attachment: MATH-181-FractionDigitsLimit.patch

> Specify the maximum of digits when parsing a Fraction
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>                 Key: MATH-181
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-181
>             Project: Commons Math
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>    Affects Versions: 1.1
>            Reporter: Niall Pemberton
>            Priority: Minor
>         Attachments: MATH-181-FractionDigitsLimit.patch
>
>
> Firstly, thanks for the Fraction code - I've adapated it for something I'm working on and I didn't have a clue how to convert a decimal to a fraction :)
> Excel spreadsheets have the facility to specify a fraction format where you specify the maximum number of denominator digits to display.
> So for example:
>     format "?/?" displays decimal values formatted in the range 1/2 to n/9
>     format "??/??" displays decimal values formatted in the range 1/2 to n/99
>     format "???/???" displays decimal values formatted in the range 1/2 to n/999 etc
> In excel then the value 0.6152 displays as 3/5, 8/13 and 510/829 respectively for the above 3 formats.
> I'm attaching a patch for the Fraction class which adds a new constructor where the maximum number of digits can be specified, rather than the epsilon value.

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