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.IX Title "Math::BigRat 3"
.TH Math::BigRat 3 "2002-11-24" "perl v5.8.0" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
.SH "NAME"
Math::BigRat \- arbitrarily big rationals
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&  use Math::BigRat;
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  $x = Math::BigRat->new('3/7');
.Ve
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  print $x->bstr(),"\en";
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This is just a placeholder until the real thing is up and running. Watch this
space...
.Sh "\s-1MATH\s0 \s-1LIBRARY\s0"
.IX Subsection "MATH LIBRARY"
Math with the numbers is done (by default) by a module called
Math::BigInt::Calc. This is equivalent to saying:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        use Math::BigRat lib => 'Calc';
.Ve
.PP
You can change this by using:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        use Math::BigRat lib => 'BitVect';
.Ve
.PP
The following would first try to find Math::BigInt::Foo, then
Math::BigInt::Bar, and when this also fails, revert to Math::BigInt::Calc:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&        use Math::BigRat lib => 'Foo,Math::BigInt::Bar';
.Ve
.PP
Calc.pm uses as internal format an array of elements of some decimal base
(usually 1e7, but this might be differen for some systems) with the least
significant digit first, while BitVect.pm uses a bit vector of base 2, most
significant bit first. Other modules might use even different means of
representing the numbers. See the respective module documentation for further
details.
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
Any method not listed here is dervied from Math::BigFloat (or
Math::BigInt), so make sure you check these two modules for further
information.
.Sh "\fInew()\fP"
.IX Subsection "new()"
.Vb 1
\&        $x = Math::BigRat->new('1/3');
.Ve
.PP
Create a new Math::BigRat object. Input can come in various forms:
.PP
.Vb 6
\&        $x = Math::BigRat->new('1/3');                          # simple string
\&        $x = Math::BigRat->new('1 / 3');                        # spaced
\&        $x = Math::BigRat->new('1 / 0.1');                      # w/ floats
\&        $x = Math::BigRat->new(Math::BigInt->new(3));           # BigInt
\&        $x = Math::BigRat->new(Math::BigFloat->new('3.1'));     # BigFloat
\&        $x = Math::BigRat->new(Math::BigInt::Lite->new('2'));   # BigLite
.Ve
.Sh "\fInumerator()\fP"
.IX Subsection "numerator()"
.Vb 1
\&        $n = $x->numerator();
.Ve
.PP
Returns a copy of the numerator (the part above the line) as signed BigInt.
.Sh "\fIdenominator()\fP"
.IX Subsection "denominator()"
.Vb 1
\&        $d = $x->denominator();
.Ve
.PP
Returns a copy of the denominator (the part under the line) as positive BigInt.
.Sh "\fIparts()\fP"
.IX Subsection "parts()"
.Vb 1
\&        ($n,$d) = $x->parts();
.Ve
.PP
Return a list consisting of (signed) numerator and (unsigned) denominator as
BigInts.
.Sh "\fIas_number()\fP"
.IX Subsection "as_number()"
Returns a copy of the object as BigInt by truncating it to integer.
.Sh "\fIbfac()\fP"
.IX Subsection "bfac()"
.Vb 1
\&        $x->bfac();
.Ve
.PP
Calculates the factorial of \f(CW$x\fR. For instance:
.PP
.Vb 2
\&        print Math::BigRat->new('3/1')->bfac(),"\en";    # 1*2*3
\&        print Math::BigRat->new('5/1')->bfac(),"\en";    # 1*2*3*4*5
.Ve
.PP
Only works for integers for now.
.Sh "\fIblog()\fP"
.IX Subsection "blog()"
Is not yet implemented.
.Sh "\fIbround()\fP/\fIround()\fP/\fIbfround()\fP"
.IX Subsection "bround()/round()/bfround()"
Are not yet implemented.
.SH "BUGS"
.IX Header "BUGS"
Some things are not yet implemented, or only implemented half\-way.
.SH "LICENSE"
.IX Header "LICENSE"
This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Math::BigFloat and Math::Big as well as Math::BigInt::BitVect,
Math::BigInt::Pari and  Math::BigInt::GMP.
.PP
The package at
<http://search.cpan.org/search?mode=module&query=Math%3A%3ABigRat> may
contain more documentation and examples as well as testcases.
.SH "AUTHORS"
.IX Header "AUTHORS"
(C) by Tels <http://bloodgate.com/> 2001\-2002.