RationalNumber Class Reference
[Algebra, Semiring]

Rational numbers class. More...

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
Standard constructors.
Constructor from numerator and denominator.
	RationalNumber (int num, unsigned int denom)
	Default constructor. Initialize to zero.
	RationalNumber ()
	Default constructor. Initialize to zero.
	RationalNumber (const RationalNumber &nb)
	Copy constructor.
template<typename T >
	RationalNumber (const T num)
	Generic constructor.
Accessors
Get the numerator.
const int &	num () const
	Get the denominator.
const unsigned &	denom () const
	Get the denominator.
Usual Operators.
Usual numerical operator.
RationalNumber	operator+ (const RationalNumber &nb) const
RationalNumber	operator- (const RationalNumber &nb) const
RationalNumber	operator- () const
RationalNumber	operator* (const RationalNumber &nb) const
RationalNumber	operator/ (const RationalNumber &nb) const
RationalNumber &	operator+= (const RationalNumber &nb)
RationalNumber &	operator-= (const RationalNumber &nb)
RationalNumber &	operator*= (const RationalNumber &nb)
RationalNumber &	operator/= (const RationalNumber &nb)
bool	operator< (const RationalNumber &nb) const
bool	operator> (const RationalNumber &nb) const
bool	operator<= (const RationalNumber &nb) const
bool	operator>= (const RationalNumber &nb) const
bool	operator== (const RationalNumber &nb) const
bool	operator!= (const RationalNumber &nb) const
Type conversion methods.
int	to_int () const
	Provide Explicit cast operator.
double	to_double () const
	Provide Explicit cast operator.
Protected Member Functions
Fraction simplification
RationalNumber &	set_result ()
	Simplifies the fraction.
RationalNumber &	set_result (int num, unsigned int denom)
	Simplifies the fraction.

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Detailed Description

Rational numbers class.

This is a rational numbers implementation.

The way the constructor works ables us to work only on simplified fractions. So, the numerator (num_) and denominator (denom_) are always relatively prime.

Even after operations, the obtained fraction is simplified.

Author:

Sarah O'Connor <sarah@lrde.epita.fr>

Definition at line 59 of file rational_number.hh.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

RationalNumber

(

const T

num

)

[inline, explicit]

Generic constructor.

Precondition:

• T should be implicitly convertible into an integer representation.
• T should be implicitly constructible from an integer.
• T should conform the following prerequisite: int (T (n)) / int (T (1)) == n

Definition at line 61 of file rational_number.hxx.

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Member Function Documentation

int to_int

(

)

const [inline]

Provide Explicit cast operator.

to_int() and to_double() allow us to get respectively an integer and a double from the rational number. These numbers are obtained by dividing the fraction's numerator and denominator.

Definition at line 230 of file rational_number.hxx.

double to_double

(

)

const [inline]

Provide Explicit cast operator.

to_int() and to_double() allow us to get respectively an integer and a double from the rational number. These numbers are obtained by dividing the fraction's numerator and denominator.

Definition at line 237 of file rational_number.hxx.

RationalNumber & set_result

(

)

[inline, protected]

Simplifies the fraction.

set_result() is used to simplify the fraction. We use the GCD (Greatest Common Divisor) algorithm. When there are no arguments, it simply checks the numerator and denominator and modifies them if needed.

Definition at line 88 of file rational_number.hxx.

Referenced by RationalNumber::RationalNumber().

RationalNumber & set_result	(	int	num,
		unsigned int	denom
	)			[inline, protected]

Simplifies the fraction.

set_result() is used to simplify the fraction. We use the GCD (Greatest Common Divisor) algorithm. When there are no arguments, it simply checks the numerator and denominator and modifies them if needed.

Definition at line 79 of file rational_number.hxx.