package octez-proto-libs
Rationals.
This modules builds arbitrary precision rationals on top of arbitrary integers from module Z.
This file is part of the Zarith library http://forge.ocamlcore.org/projects/zarith . It is distributed under LGPL 2 licensing, with static linking exception. See the LICENSE file included in the distribution.
Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Antoine Miné, Abstraction project. Abstraction is part of the LIENS (Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'ENS), a joint laboratory by: CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France), ENS (École normale supérieure, Paris, France), INRIA Rocquencourt (Institut national de recherche en informatique, France).
Types
A rational is represented as a pair numerator/denominator, reduced to have a non-negative denominator and no common factor. This form is canonical (enabling polymorphic equality and hashing). The representation allows three special numbers: inf
(1/0), -inf
(-1/0) and undef
(0/0).
Construction
make num den
constructs a new rational equal to num
/den
. It takes care of putting the rational in canonical form.
val zero : t
val one : t
val minus_one : t
0, 1, -1.
val inf : t
1/0.
val minus_inf : t
-1/0.
val undef : t
0/0.
val of_int : int -> t
val of_int32 : int32 -> t
val of_int64 : int64 -> t
Conversions from various integer types.
val of_ints : int -> int -> t
Conversion from an int
numerator and an int
denominator.
val of_string : string -> t
Converts a string to a rational. Plain integers, /
separated integer ratios (with optional sign), decimal point and scientific notations are understood. Additionally, the special inf
, -inf
, and undef
are recognized (they can also be typeset respectively as 1/0
, -1/0
, 0/0
).
Inspection
Testing
Rationals can be categorized into different kinds, depending mainly on whether the numerator and/or denominator is null.
val is_real : t -> bool
Whether the argument is non-infinity and non-undefined.
val sign : t -> int
Returns 1 if the argument is positive (including inf), -1 if it is negative (including -inf), and 0 if it is null or undefined.
compare x y
compares x
to y
and returns 1 if x
is strictly greater that y
, -1 if it is strictly smaller, and 0 if they are equal. This is a total ordering. Infinities are ordered in the natural way, while undefined is considered the smallest of all: undef = undef < -inf <= -inf < x < inf <= inf. This is consistent with OCaml's handling of floating-point infinities and NaN.
OCaml's polymorphic comparison will NOT return a result consistent with the ordering of rationals.
Equality testing. Unlike compare
, this follows IEEE semantics: undef
<> undef
.
Conversions
val to_int : t -> int
val to_int32 : t -> int32
val to_int64 : t -> int64
Convert to integer by truncation. Raises a Divide_by_zero
if the argument is an infinity or undefined. Raises a Z.Overflow
if the result does not fit in the destination type.
val to_string : t -> string
Converts to human-readable, base-10, /
-separated rational.
Arithmetic operations
In all operations, the result is undef
if one argument is undef
. Other operations can return undef
: such as inf
-inf
, inf
*0, 0/0.
Printing
val pp_print : Format.formatter -> t -> unit
Prints the argument on the specified formatter. Also intended to be used as %a
format printer in Format.printf
.
Prefix and infix operators
Classic prefix and infix int
operators are redefined on t
.
val (~$) : int -> t
Conversion from int
.
val (//) : int -> int -> t
Creates a rational from two int
s.