rational number class

Bjarne Stroustrup “Programming Principles and Practice Using C++”
Chapter 9 Exercise 13
Using std_lib_facilities.h by Bjarne Stroustrup.

[code language=”cpp”]
// Philipp Siedler
// Bjarne Stroustrup’s PPP
// Chapter 9 Exercise 13

#include "std_lib_facilities.h"

//find greatest common denominator
int find_gcd(int a, int b)
{
while (b != 0) {
int temp = b;
b = a % b;
a = temp;
cout << "a = " << a << endl;
cout << "b = " << b << endl;
}
cout << "final a = " << a << endl;
return a;
}

class Rational {
private:
int numerator;
int denominator;
double solution;

public:
Rational();
Rational(int, int);

int get_numerator() { return numerator; }
int get_denominator() { return denominator; }
double get_solution() { return solution; }

void print_solution() { cout << solution << endl; }

void normalise();
void convert_to_double();

void operator=(Rational r1);
};

Rational::Rational() {
numerator = 1;
denominator = 1;
}

Rational::Rational(int a, int b) {
numerator = a;
denominator = b;
}

void Rational::normalise() {
if (denominator == 0) error("denominator is zero");
if (denominator < 0) { denominator = -denominator; numerator = -numerator; }
int n = find_gcd(numerator, denominator);
if (n > 1) { numerator /= n; denominator /= n; }
}

void Rational::convert_to_double() {
solution = double(numerator) / double(denominator);
}

void Rational::operator=(Rational r1) {
numerator = r1.get_numerator();
denominator = r1.get_denominator();
}

Rational operator+(Rational r1, Rational r2) {
int a = r1.get_numerator() + r2.get_numerator();
int b = r1.get_denominator() + r2.get_denominator();
Rational r(a,b);
return r;
}

Rational operator-(Rational r1, Rational r2) {
int a = r1.get_numerator() – r2.get_numerator();
int b = r1.get_denominator() – r2.get_denominator();
Rational r(a, b);
return r;
}

Rational operator*(Rational r1, Rational r2) {
int a = r1.get_numerator() * r2.get_numerator();
int b = r1.get_denominator() * r2.get_denominator();
Rational r(a, b);
return r;
}

Rational operator/(Rational r1, Rational r2) {
int a = r1.get_numerator() / r2.get_numerator();
int b = r1.get_denominator() / r2.get_denominator();
Rational r(a, b);
return r;
}

bool operator==(Rational r1, Rational r2) {
bool a = r1.get_numerator() == r2.get_numerator();
bool b = r1.get_denominator() == r2.get_denominator();
if (a && b) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
}

bool operator!=(Rational r1, Rational r2) {
bool a = r1.get_numerator() != r2.get_numerator();
bool b = r1.get_denominator() != r2.get_denominator();
if (a && b) {
return true;
}
else {
return false;
}
}

int main()
try
{
Rational myRational(30, 23);
Rational myRational1(21,4);

myRational = myRational + myRational1;
myRational.convert_to_double();
myRational.print_solution();

myRational = myRational – myRational1;
myRational.convert_to_double();
myRational.print_solution();

myRational = myRational * myRational1;
myRational.convert_to_double();
myRational.print_solution();

myRational = myRational / myRational1;
myRational.convert_to_double();
myRational.print_solution();

myRational = myRational1;
myRational.convert_to_double();
myRational.print_solution();

if (myRational1 == myRational) {
cout << "rational numbers are equal" << endl;
}

if (myRational1 != myRational) {
cout << "rational numbers are not equal" << endl;
}

keep_window_open();
}
catch (runtime_error e) {
cout << e.what() << endl;
keep_window_open();
}
catch (…) {
cout << "Exiting" << endl;
keep_window_open();
}
[/code]

Output:
1.88889
1.30435
6.84783
1.30435
5.25
rational numbers are equal
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