View Source Ratio.FloatConversion (ratio v4.0.1)

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float_to_rational(float)

Converts a float to a rational number. Because base-2 floats cannot represent all base-10 fractions properly, the results might be different from what you might expect. See The Perils of Floating Point for more information about this.

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float_to_rational(float)

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Converts a float to a rational number. Because base-2 floats cannot represent all base-10 fractions properly, the results might be different from what you might expect. See The Perils of Floating Point for more information about this.

Examples 

iex> Ratio.FloatConversion.float_to_rational(10.0)
Ratio.new(10, 1)
iex> Ratio.FloatConversion.float_to_rational(13.5)
Ratio.new(27, 2)
iex> Ratio.FloatConversion.float_to_rational(1.1)
Ratio.new(2476979795053773, 2251799813685248)