Function PriceFractional(DecimalPrice, FractionBase)

PriceFractional

The function PriceFractional converts a price expressed as a decimal number to a price expressed as a fractional number depending on the input parameter FractionBase.

PriceFractional(
    DecimalPrice,             ! (input) numerical expression
    FractionBase              ! (input) numerical expression
    )

Arguments

DecimalPrice

The price expressed as a decimal number. DecimalPrice can be any real number.

FractionBase

The base to be used as the denominator of the fraction. FractionBase must be a positive integer.

Return Value

The function PriceFractional returns the DecimalPrice expressed as a fractional number.

Note

  • The system of equations on which the conversion between decimal and fractional prices is based, is explained for the function PriceDecimal (the inverse of PriceFractional).

  • The function FractionalDecimal is similar to the Excel function DOLLARFR.

Example

_p_r1 := PriceFractional( 1.125000, 16 );
_p_r2 := PriceFractional( 1.312500, 32 );

block where listing_number_precision := 6 ;
        display _p_r1, _p_r2 ;
endblock ;

results in:

_p_r1 := 1.020000 ;
_p_r2 := 1.100000 ;

See also