dollar decimal

Interface

Dollar Decimal

Converts a fractional price to a decimal price.

Fractional to decimal conversion is done using the following equation:

where <em>iprice</em> is the integer part of <em>fractionalPrice</em> and <em>ifrac</em> is the integer part of <em>log(fraction)</em>

Example 1

#include <stdio.h>
  #include <codecogs/finance/banking/dollar_decimal.h>

  int main()
  {
    double d = Finance::Banking::dollar_decimal(1.3, 8);
    printf("The fractional price $1 3/8 as decimal = %.3f\n", d);
    return 0;
  }

Output

The fractional price $1 3/8 as decimal = 1.375

Parameters

fracPrice	is the price, with the value after the decimal being the numerator of the fraction
frac	the denominator of the fraction

Returns

a double representing the decimal price

Authors

James Warren (April 2005)

Source Code

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