from decimal import Decimal as D
def bestFracForMinimumError(decimal, minimumError):
denom = 0
while True:
denom += 1
num = round(D(str(decimal)) * D(str(denom)))
error = abs(str((str(D(num) / D(str(denom))) -
D(str(decimal))) / str(D(str(decimal)) * d("100"))))
if error <= D(minimumError):
break
return int(num), D(denom), error
dec = D(".34576598876876867756765765")
me = D(".0001")
print bestFracForMinimumError(dec, me)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "fracSimple2-c.py", line 17, in <module>
print bestFracForMinimumError(dec, me)
File "fracSimple2-c.py", line 8, in bestFracForMinimumError
error = abs(str((str(D(num) / D(str(denom))) - D(str(decimal)))
/ str(D(str(
decimal)) * d("100"))))
File "E:\Python25\lib\decimal.py", line 578, in __new__
"First convert the float to a string")
TypeError: Cannot convert float to Decimal. First convert the float
to a string
I don't understand this TypeError. Seems to me that I've converted
EVERYTHING in that line 8 to a string.
Dick
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