Fraction Plugin

Fraction Plugin is a small plugin for REALbasic that allows you to design applications which can handle fractions in a similar manner like how the doubles and integers are handled. A fraction is represented by two integer values, a numerator and a denominator.

As mentioned above, this plugin was designed to help REALbasic users implement fraction handling capabilities within their new applications without significant efforts. Although the host application runs on Windows, the application can be used to build new programs that can run on Windows, Mac and Linux as well, so compatibility issues are kept to a minimum.

The +, -, * and / operators are overloaded by default, which makes a series of REALbasic statements valid. Some examples are:

"Dim x,y,z As Fraction x=new Fraction( "-1 1/2") y=new Fraction("13/3") z = x+y EditFieldz.Text = z.Str // shows 2 5/6 z = 2*x // z will represent -3/1"

The plugin comes packed in a lightweight archive, so it doesn't take a big toll on the free space on your computer. The archive consists of a plugin file that can be implemented in REALbasic and a RTF document with a bunch of basic information.