Re: [Help?] Integer/Decimal portion of a real number
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- Subject: [mg8883] Re: [Help?] Integer/Decimal portion of a real number
- From: murray at math.umass.edu (Murray Eisenberg)
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 20:16:51 -0400
- Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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kammy shan leung (ksleung at students.uiuc.edu) wrote:
: ... I would like to do is break up a real number to
: its integer and decimal portion.
:
: For example:
:
: 4.12345 can be broken up to:
:
: integer_portion = 4
: decimal_portion = 12345
:
: Is there a simple function that will provide me with these values?
IntegerPart[4.12345]
4
FractionalPart[4.12345]
0.12345
The function IntegerPart may or may not be what you want in case your
number is negative. See The Mathematica Book, 3rd Edition, Section
3.3.2 (or on-line material in Help Browser).
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