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Decimals to improper fractions program?
06-08-2018, 08:17 AM
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RE: Decimals to improper fractions program?
(06-07-2018 10:39 PM)Valentin Albillo Wrote:  
(06-07-2018 07:27 AM)Dieter Wrote:  ...I think I remember a 12C program where two 7-digit constants were used to generate a 10-digit number... #-)

Seems to me I notice some kind of sarcarsm in that last remark. If that's the case, it's lost on me, I don't get what 7-digit/10-digit are you talking about, you have to be more specific or provide a link.

No sarcasm intended. The "#-)" simply is a kind of *facepalm*: of course I agree that it does not make any sense to generate a 34-digit value by dividing two 17-digit numbers. This simply reminded me of a program I saw somewhere (can't remember where exactly it was) where indeed a numeric value was replaced with a fraction that required more digits and thus more program steps than coding the value directly.

(06-07-2018 10:39 PM)Valentin Albillo Wrote:  I also don't understand your "?!?"

Oh, sorry, that's simply a sign for not understanding, being astonished, puzzled, wondering what the meaning might be. Just imagine a big question mark above my head. ;-)

(06-07-2018 10:39 PM)Valentin Albillo Wrote:  I said "almost". Rounded to 8 significant digits Pi is 3.1415927 while 355/113 is 3.1415929, so the 8th digit is just 2 ulps off (out of a possible 10) so my "almost" is more than justified.

OK, let's agree to disagree on this.

(06-07-2018 10:39 PM)Valentin Albillo Wrote:  Sorry to have ruffled your feathers.

No problem – no ruffling has occured.

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