Subject: newbie question: print rational as decimal number
From: Richard Fateman
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:52:03 -0800
Maybe you want more precision?
fpprec:100;
bfloat(r);
does it.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu
> [mailto:maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Jaime Villate
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 12:55 AM
> To: andre maute
> Cc: maxima at math.utexas.edu
> Subject: Re: [Maxima] newbie question: print rational as
> decimal number
>
>
> On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 23:39 +0100, andre maute wrote:
> > what am I supposed to do for printing
> > r :
> > 254471799841260872232137838180485/566407006423962932969881084235776;
> > as decimal number?
>