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:mod:`fractions` --- Rational numbers
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.. module:: fractions
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:synopsis: Rational numbers.
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.. moduleauthor:: Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin at gmail.com>
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.. sectionauthor:: Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin at gmail.com>
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The :mod:`fractions` module defines an immutable, infinite-precision
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Rational number class.
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.. class:: Fraction(numerator=0, denominator=1)
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Fraction(other_fraction)
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Fraction(string)
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The first version requires that *numerator* and *denominator* are
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instances of :class:`numbers.Integral` and returns a new
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``Fraction`` representing ``numerator/denominator``. If
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*denominator* is :const:`0`, raises a :exc:`ZeroDivisionError`. The
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second version requires that *other_fraction* is an instance of
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:class:`numbers.Fraction` and returns an instance of
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:class:`Rational` with the same value. The third version expects a
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string of the form ``[-+]?[0-9]+(/[0-9]+)?``, optionally surrounded
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by spaces.
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Implements all of the methods and operations from
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:class:`numbers.Rational` and is immutable and hashable.
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.. method:: from_float(flt)
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This classmethod constructs a :class:`Fraction` representing the exact
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value of *flt*, which must be a :class:`float`. Beware that
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``Fraction.from_float(0.3)`` is not the same value as ``Rational(3, 10)``
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.. method:: from_decimal(dec)
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This classmethod constructs a :class:`Fraction` representing the exact
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value of *dec*, which must be a :class:`decimal.Decimal`.
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.. method:: limit_denominator(max_denominator=1000000)
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Finds and returns the closest :class:`Fraction` to ``self`` that has
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denominator at most max_denominator. This method is useful for finding
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rational approximations to a given floating-point number:
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>>> from fractions import Fraction
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>>> Fraction('3.1415926535897932').limit_denominator(1000)
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Fraction(355L, 113L)
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or for recovering a rational number that's represented as a float:
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>>> from math import pi, cos
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>>> Fraction.from_float(cos(pi/3))
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Fraction(4503599627370497L, 9007199254740992L)
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>>> Fraction.from_float(cos(pi/3)).limit_denominator()
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Fraction(1L, 2L)
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.. method:: __floor__()
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Returns the greatest :class:`int` ``<= self``. Will be accessible through
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:func:`math.floor` in Py3k.
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.. method:: __ceil__()
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Returns the least :class:`int` ``>= self``. Will be accessible through
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:func:`math.ceil` in Py3k.
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.. method:: __round__()
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__round__(ndigits)
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The first version returns the nearest :class:`int` to ``self``, rounding
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half to even. The second version rounds ``self`` to the nearest multiple
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of ``Fraction(1, 10**ndigits)`` (logically, if ``ndigits`` is negative),
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again rounding half toward even. Will be accessible through :func:`round`
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in Py3k.
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.. seealso::
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Module :mod:`numbers`
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The abstract base classes making up the numeric tower.
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