Class ImproperFraction

java.lang.Object

ImproperFraction

public class ImproperFraction
extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
int	denominator
int	numerator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ImproperFraction(int numerator, int denominator) This constructor should take two integers and make an improperFraction object Fractions cannot have a denominator of 0! If the denominator is 0, set the numerator to 0 and the denominator to 1.
ImproperFraction(java.lang.String fraction) This constructor should take a string such as "11/2" and make an ImproperFraction object.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ProperFraction	makeProper() This method will take data from the ImproperFraction object to produce a ProperFraction
void	simplify() This method will simplify a fraction.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

numerator

public int numerator

denominator

public int denominator

Constructor Detail

ImproperFraction

public ImproperFraction(int numerator,
                        int denominator)

This constructor should take two integers and make an improperFraction object Fractions cannot have a denominator of 0! If the denominator is 0, set the numerator to 0 and the denominator to 1.

Parameters:

numerator - numerator for the fraction

denominator - denominator for the fraction

ImproperFraction

public ImproperFraction(java.lang.String fraction)

This constructor should take a string such as "11/2" and make an ImproperFraction object. Integer.parseInt(), .substring(), and .indexOf() will all be useful. Fractions cannot have a denominator of 0! If the denominator is 0, set the numerator to 0 and the denominator to 1.

Parameters:

fraction - a string holding the numbers for a fraction in the form of "numerator/denominator"

Method Detail

makeProper

public ProperFraction makeProper()

This method will take data from the ImproperFraction object to produce a ProperFraction

Returns:

a new ProperFraction object

simplify

public void simplify()

This method will simplify a fraction. For example, 2/6 will be turned into 1/3 after running this method. A while loop and the % operator will both be useful here. (Don't forget to set this.numerator and this.denominator after finding the simplified fraction!) To simplify a fraction, both the numerator and denominator should be divided by the greatest common factor. Using a while loop, you can check all of the numbers. For an example of 4/6, you can start by checking 6, then 5, 4, 3, then 2. Since 4/2 and 6/2 are whole numbers, you can divide both the numerator and denominator to simplify the fraction. Once you find this greatest common factor, you can use "return" to end the method.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object