//******************************************************************** // Rational.java Author: Lewis and Loftus // // Represents one rational number with a numerator and denominator. //******************************************************************** public class Rational { private int numerator, denominator; //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Sets up the rational number by ensuring a nonzero denominator // and making only the numerator signed. //----------------------------------------------------------------- public Rational (int numer, int denom) { if (denom == 0) denom = 1; // Make the numerator "store" the sign if (denom < 0) { numer = numer * -1; denom = denom * -1; } numerator = numer; denominator = denom; reduce(); } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Adds this rational number to the one passed as a parameter. // A common denominator is found by multiplying the individual // denominators. //----------------------------------------------------------------- public Rational add (Rational op2) { int commonDenominator = denominator * op2.getDenominator(); int numerator1 = numerator * op2.getDenominator(); int numerator2 = op2.getNumerator() * denominator; int sum = numerator1 + numerator2; return new Rational (sum, commonDenominator); } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Subtracts the rational number passed as a parameter from this // rational number. //----------------------------------------------------------------- public Rational subtract (Rational op2) { int commonDenominator = denominator * op2.getDenominator(); int numerator1 = numerator * op2.getDenominator(); int numerator2 = op2.getNumerator() * denominator; int difference = numerator1 - numerator2; return new Rational (difference, commonDenominator); } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Multiplies this rational number by the one passed as a // parameter. //----------------------------------------------------------------- public Rational multiply (Rational op2) { int numer = numerator * op2.getNumerator(); int denom = denominator * op2.getDenominator(); return new Rational (numer, denom); } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Divides this rational number by the one passed as a parameter // by multiplying by the reciprocal of the second rational. //----------------------------------------------------------------- public Rational divide (Rational op2) { return multiply (op2.reciprocal()); } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Returns the reciprocal of this rational number. //----------------------------------------------------------------- public Rational reciprocal () { return new Rational (denominator, numerator); } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Returns the numerator of this rational number. //----------------------------------------------------------------- public int getNumerator () { return numerator; } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Returns the denominator of this rational number. //----------------------------------------------------------------- public int getDenominator () { return denominator; } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Determines if this rational number is equal to the one passed // as a parameter. Assumes they are both reduced. // Modifed by JD to take an Object as a parameter // instead of a Rational. //----------------------------------------------------------------- public boolean equals (Object op2) { if (op2 instanceof Rational) { Rational aRat= (Rational)op2; return ( numerator == aRat.getNumerator() && denominator == aRat.getDenominator() ); } return false; } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Returns this rational number as a string. //----------------------------------------------------------------- public String toString () { String result; if (numerator == 0) result = "0"; else if (denominator == 1) result = numerator + ""; else result = numerator + "/" + denominator; return result; } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Reduces this rational number by dividing both the numerator // and the denominator by their greatest common divisor. //----------------------------------------------------------------- private void reduce () { if (numerator != 0) { int common = gcd (Math.abs(numerator), denominator); numerator = numerator / common; denominator = denominator / common; } } //----------------------------------------------------------------- // Computes and returns the greatest common divisor of the two // positive parameters. Uses Euclid's algorithm. //----------------------------------------------------------------- private int gcd (int num1, int num2) { while (num1 != num2) if (num1 > num2) num1 = num1 - num2; else num2 = num2 - num1; return num1; } }