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Given a potentially recurring binary string, output the number it represents, as a fraction in lowest terms.
The notation used in this challenge for recurring digits is non-standard. An r
is used to indicate that the remaining digits recur. For example, 0.000r10
means the last 2 digits recur, like this: 0.000101010...
. This is the binary representation of $\frac{1}{12}$, which cannot be expressed in binary without recurring digits.
Input
- A binary string made up of
- Zero or more of
0
- Zero or more of
1
- Zero or one of
.
- Zero or one of
r
- Zero or more of
- If
r
is present then there will always be a.
somewhere to the left of ther
- There may be zero or more leading zeroes
- There may be zero or more trailing zeroes (in both recurring and non-recurring inputs)
- The last character will never be an
r
- There will always be at least 1 character (the string will not be empty)
- The maximum length of input required to be handled is 15 characters
Interpretation
- All digits to the right of an
r
are recurring (repeating forever) - Anything to the left of a
.
represents the integer part of the number (in binary) - Anything to the right of a
.
represents the fractional part of the number (in binary) - If the first character is a
.
then the integer part is zero - If the last character is a
.
then the fractional part is zero - If there is no
.
then the fractional part is zero
Output
- A numerator and denominator, in that order, or a rational type if your language supports one
- These can be in a multi-value data type such as a list/array/vector, or as a single string containing a non-numeric separating character (such as a space or a
/
) - The numerator and denominator must be in lowest terms (that is, their greatest common factor is 1)
- An integer output N is represented as the fraction N/1, a numerator of N and a denominator of 1. This may optionally be represented as just N instead, with no separator and no denominator.
- Specifically, zero is represented as the fraction 0/1, a numerator of zero and a denominator of 1. This may optionally be represented as just 0 instead, with no separator and no denominator.
- The numerator and denominator are output as base 10 (decimal) - only the input is in binary
Examples
Throughout these examples binary strings are represented as fixed width font
and all other numbers are base 10 (decimal).
Non-recurring examples
-
10.00
is the integer 2, represented as 2/1 -
01.00
is the integer 1, represented as 1/1 -
00.10
is the fraction 1/2 -
00.01
is the fraction 1/4
Recurring examples
-
10.r0
is the same as10.000...
, the same as10
, the integer 2, represented as 2/1 -
0.r1
is the same as0.111...
, the same as1
, the integer 1, represented as 1/1 -
0.r01
is the same as0.010101...
, the fraction 1/3 -
0.r10
is the same as0.101010...
, the fraction 2/3 -
1.r01
is the same as1.010101...
, the fraction 4/3 -
0.r001
is the same as0.001001001...
, the fraction 1/7 -
0.r010
is the same as0.010010010...
, the fraction 2/7 -
0.r100
is the same as0.100100100...
, the fraction 4/7 -
1.r001
is the same as1.001001001...
, the fraction 8/7
Test cases
- Test cases are in the format
input : output
- Outputs are in the format
numerator/denominator
- In every case where the denominator is 1, the separator and denominator may optionally be omitted. For example, an output 2/1 may optionally be output as just 2. The second set of test cases reflects this.
Test cases with denominator 1 included
. : 0/1
.0 : 0/1
0. : 0/1
.1 : 1/2
1. : 1/1
0.0 : 0/1
00.00 : 0/1
.r0 : 0/1
.r1 : 1/1
00.r00 : 0/1
11.r11 : 4/1
00.0r0 : 0/1
11.1r1 : 4/1
.0101r01 : 1/3
.1010r10 : 2/3
.r01 : 1/3
.r0101 : 1/3
.r010101 : 1/3
.r0101010 : 42/127
.r0011 : 1/5
.r0110 : 2/5
.r1001 : 3/5
.r1100 : 4/5
.0r01 : 1/6
.00r10 : 1/6
.1r10 : 5/6
.r001 : 1/7
.r010 : 2/7
.r011 : 3/7
.r100 : 4/7
.r101 : 5/7
.r110 : 6/7
.r111 : 1/1
0001000.r01001 : 257/31
.r000111 : 1/9
.0r001110 : 1/9
.00r011100 : 1/9
.000r111000 : 1/9
.0001r110001 : 1/9
.00011r100011 : 1/9
.000111r000111 : 1/9
.r001110 : 2/9
.r011100 : 4/9
.r100011 : 5/9
.r110001 : 7/9
.r111000 : 8/9
1 : 1/1
10 : 2/1
11 : 3/1
100 : 4/1
101 : 5/1
110 : 6/1
111 : 7/1
111. : 7/1
111.0 : 7/1
111.r0 : 7/1
111.0r0 : 7/1
.00000000000r01 : 1/6144
.00000000000r10 : 1/3072
.01010101010r10 : 1/3
.10101010101r01 : 2/3
.01010101010r01 : 2047/6144
.10101010101r10 : 4097/6144
111111111111111 : 32767/1
111111111111.r1 : 4096/1
111111111111.r0 : 4095/1
.00000000000001 : 1/16384
1111111.1111111 : 16383/128
Same test cases with denominator 1 omitted
. : 0
.0 : 0
0. : 0
.1 : 1/2
1. : 1
0.0 : 0
00.00 : 0
.r0 : 0
.r1 : 1
00.r00 : 0
11.r11 : 4
00.0r0 : 0
11.1r1 : 4
.0101r01 : 1/3
.1010r10 : 2/3
.r01 : 1/3
.r0101 : 1/3
.r010101 : 1/3
.r0101010 : 42/127
.r0011 : 1/5
.r0110 : 2/5
.r1001 : 3/5
.r1100 : 4/5
.0r01 : 1/6
.00r10 : 1/6
.1r10 : 5/6
.r001 : 1/7
.r010 : 2/7
.r011 : 3/7
.r100 : 4/7
.r101 : 5/7
.r110 : 6/7
.r111 : 1
0001000.r01001 : 257/31
.r000111 : 1/9
.0r001110 : 1/9
.00r011100 : 1/9
.000r111000 : 1/9
.0001r110001 : 1/9
.00011r100011 : 1/9
.000111r000111 : 1/9
.r001110 : 2/9
.r011100 : 4/9
.r100011 : 5/9
.r110001 : 7/9
.r111000 : 8/9
1 : 1
10 : 2
11 : 3
100 : 4
101 : 5
110 : 6
111 : 7
111. : 7
111.0 : 7
111.r0 : 7
111.0r0 : 7
.00000000000r01 : 1/6144
.00000000000r10 : 1/3072
.01010101010r10 : 1/3
.10101010101r01 : 2/3
.01010101010r01 : 2047/6144
.10101010101r10 : 4097/6144
111111111111111 : 32767
111111111111.r1 : 4096
111111111111.r0 : 4095
.00000000000001 : 1/16384
1111111.1111111 : 16383/128
Explanations are optional, but I'm more likely to upvote answers that have one.
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