> i had a go at it

thanks, I kinda had to go too, but no time... :(

> yeah, my patch only works for rational numbers.

you know what, I think I asked this before on this list, 

deja'vu

> will have a look at the article / method you posted, claude.

are you going at it too? :)

by the way, I meant something like 1.75 becomes 7/4 and not 3/4, but that is easy to adapt on your patch

thanks

cheers



2011/12/16 i go bananas <hard.off@gmail.com>
by the way, here is the method i used:

first, convert the decimal part to a fraction in the form of n/100000
next, find the highest common factor of n and 100000 
(using the 'division method' like this:  http://easycalculation.com/what-is-hcf.php )

then just divide n and 100000 by that factor.

actually, that means it's accurate to 6 decimal places, i guess.  well...whatever :D