Convert a decimal number to a fraction / rational number

Question

In JavaScript, is there any way to convert a decimal number (such as 0.0002) to a fraction represented as a string (such as \"2/10000\")?

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Answer 1

I did what popnoodles suggested and here it is

function FractionFormatter(value) {
  if (value == undefined || value == null || isNaN(value))
    return "";

  function _FractionFormatterHighestCommonFactor(u, v) {
      var U = u, V = v
      while (true) {
        if (!(U %= V)) return V
        if (!(V %= U)) return U
      }
  }

  var parts = value.toString().split('.');
  if (parts.length == 1)
    return parts;
  else if (parts.length == 2) {
    var wholeNum = parts[0];
    var decimal = parts[1];
    var denom = Math.pow(10, decimal.length);
    var factor = _FractionFormatterHighestCommonFactor(decimal, denom)
    return (wholeNum == '0' ? '' : (wholeNum + " ")) + (decimal / factor) + '/' + (denom / factor);
  } else {
    return "";
  }
}