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Data.Ratio

Portability | portable
Stability | stable
Maintainer | libraries@haskell.org

Description
Standard functions on rational numbers
Synopsis

data Ratio a
type Rational = Ratio Integer
(%) :: Integral a => a -> a -> Ratio a
numerator :: Integral a => Ratio a -> a
denominator :: Integral a => Ratio a -> a
approxRational :: RealFrac a => a -> a -> Rational

Documentation
data Ratio a

Rational numbers, with numerator and denominator of some `Integral` type.
Instances

Typeable1 Ratio
(Data a, Integral a) => Data (Ratio a)
Integral a => Enum (Ratio a)
(Integral a, Eq a) => Eq (Ratio a)
Integral a => Fractional (Ratio a)
(Integral a, NFData a) => NFData (Ratio a)
Integral a => Num (Ratio a)
Integral a => Ord (Ratio a)
(Integral a, Read a) => Read (Ratio a)
Integral a => Real (Ratio a)
Integral a => RealFrac (Ratio a)
Integral a => Show (Ratio a)

type Rational = Ratio Integer
Arbitrary-precision rational numbers, represented as a ratio of two `Integer` values. A rational number may be constructed using the `%` operator.
(%) :: Integral a => a -> a -> Ratio a
Forms the ratio of two integral numbers.
numerator :: Integral a => Ratio a -> a
Extract the numerator of the ratio in reduced form: the numerator and denominator have no common factor and the denominator is positive.
denominator :: Integral a => Ratio a -> a
Extract the denominator of the ratio in reduced form: the numerator and denominator have no common factor and the denominator is positive.
approxRational :: RealFrac a => a -> a -> Rational

`approxRational`, applied to two real fractional numbers `x` and `epsilon`, returns the simplest rational number within `epsilon` of `x`. A rational number `y` is said to be simpler than another `y'` if

- ``abs` (`numerator` y) <= `abs` (`numerator` y')`, and
- ``denominator` y <= `denominator` y'`.

Any real interval contains a unique simplest rational; in particular, note that `0/1` is the simplest rational of all.

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