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Factorial Fraction using PHP
Can someone explain to me how we can get the factorial of fractional numbers using functions?
A result like this
1! + 2 / 2! + 3 / 3! + ....... + 10/10!
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How to convert between decimals and fractions in PHP
I am trying to multiply numbers by 2 and these numbers are either whole numbers or fractions. I am pulling in these numbers dynamically through ACF fields on WordPress as text field. But some of these ...
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How optimize function of counting fractions?
I write function which gets one array from 3 elements (integer, numerator and denominator). It calculate wrong fractions to normal (numerator>denominator).
How optimize this function? I understand ...
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PHP Memory Exhausted Error with simple fractions
I am using this library to work with fractions in PHP. This works fine but sometimes, I have to loop over a lot of values and this results in the following error:
Allowed memory size of 134217728 ...
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How to sort an array contains complex strings with fractions in php?
I have the following values in an array,
$values = array(
"1/4x1/4x1",
"1/2x1/2x1",
"3/4x3/4x1",
"1/4x1/4x2",
"1/2x1/2x2",
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Find opened / closed parenthesis of nested fractions
For a non-commercial math site I would need a function with which I can detect nested fractions from a string and then apply the following method to the numerator / the denominator
var a = nerdamer('...
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How to sort an array of Imperial values (inches with fractions)?
I am using the following code to sort the values using native sort algorithm.
usort($this->_items, function($a, $b) { return strnatcasecmp($a['label'], $b['label']);});
But the issue is it is not ...
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php switch case statement to handle ranges with decimals / fractions
Using a case switch, how would I test to see if a decimal value is within a range?
This code appears to only check whole numbers.
Here is my code in an attempt to check decimals / fractions.
$...
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Fix for convert fraction short PHP snippet, issue with calculation converting a fraction to more readable format
Here is the problem, when it encounters fractions like: 300/10 instead of giving a result of "30"
the following code gives me: 1/0
$tokens = explode('/', $value);
while ($tokens[0] % 10 == 0) {
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Decimal odds conversion timeout
I'm trying to convert from decimal to fraction sporting odds. I have found via a search a PHP function which works well, but certain decimals cause problems, such as 2.1 which maxs out the server:
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Decimal to fraction won't work for negative numbers
I have this script that coverts decimals to fractions:
function toFraction($number){
$numerator = 1;
$denominator = 0;
for(; $numerator < 1000; $numerator++){
$temp = $...
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Convert Fractions to Words
I'd like to know if there is a neat way to convert 1/2, 1/4, 5/8 into words (half, quarter, five eighths) using PHP.
I've got a product data feed, and need to create a clean URL for each product ...
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How to store a fraction as a character in MySQL so it can be outputted within text [closed]
I am trying to store the fraction 3/5 (three fifths) as a character in MySQL so that it outputs in php like the symbol ½ within a line of text. I am using phpMyAdmin.
The code for the fraction 3/5 is:...
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Function to round mm to the nearest 32nd of an inch
I really badly need a php function that will convert a millimeter into a fraction (in inches).
For example:
16mm = 5/8 of an inch
321mm = 12 41⁄64 inches
I have searched high and low for any php ...
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Regex - Identify Fractions
I need to identify a fraction from a form field in a recipe database using a Regex.
Ingredients will be entered in a two part form fields. Field one is the amount, Field two is the ingredient. I then ...
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