Re: [CS3304_1381] rational answers

Mark Hinkle (mhinkle@VT.EDU)
Sat, 4 Mar 2000 18:48:36 -0500

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Date:         Sat, 4 Mar 2000 18:48:36 -0500
From: Mark Hinkle <mhinkle@VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: [CS3304_1381] rational answers

Use this:

to get float -- (exact->inexact (/ 6 4))

Mark

On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, J. Spencer L. Kerns wrote:

> The results of for a rational expression are returned by my function
> calls in rational form. This is great since I had an interesting time
> achieving this result in Pascal. I do however need the decimal value of
> the rational for the output. Does anyone know of a scheme function that
> will force the rational into decimal for for output?
>
> --
> J. Spencer L. Kerns
> jkerns@vt.edu
>
> "How do you feel?"
>

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