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CancelFraction

Unit:SDL_math1
Class:None
Declaration:procedure CancelFraction (var numer, denom: integer);

The procedure CancelFraction cancels the fraction specified by its numerator numer and its demoninator denom as far as possible.

Example: The following statements will cancel the fraction 12/64: 

  num := 12;
  den := 64;
  CancelFraction (num, den);
After the execution of CancelFraction the variables num and den hold the values 3 and 16, respectively, which corresponds to the cancelled fraction 3/16 (=12/64).

Last Update: 2023-Feb-06