> In fact I thought a CAS would default to this
> Chris's method works for my inline code methods (but wish they had global
variables there!).
Division of numeric literals is an hardcoded behavior of Python
interpreter, and a hardcoded behavior of Python language itself.
So it is not possible to work around that for SymPy.
(other than modifying the IPython interpreter, or parsing strings like
sympy_parser)
On Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 3:59:08 AM UTC+2 sonn...@gmail.com wrote:
> OK--thank you to both of you for the advice. I think Jonathan's method is
> inclined towards interactive use but allows global settings. Chris's method
> works for my inline code methods (but wish they had global variables
> there!).
> Much appreciated
> Fritz
>
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 1:58 PM Chris Smith <smi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Enter the exponent as `(S(1)/4)` or the power as `root(m*w, 4)`.
>>
>> /c
>>
>> On Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 9:16:53 PM UTC-5 sonn...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In this simple string below, the result is a decimal. I have fooled a
>>> lot with the documentation but cannot see how to get my output as fractions
>>> instead of decimals. (In fact I thought a CAS would default to this).
>>> What is the simplest way to stop the 1-1/4 rendering to 1.25 (e.g. I
>>> want 5/4 here)? A global setting would be nice if one exists!
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Fritz
>>>
>>> P=(m*w)*(m*w)**(1/4)
>>> x = collect(P,m*w)
>>> print("P is: " + str(x))
>>>
>>> P is: (m*w)**1.25
>>>
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