Re: Fractional part of decimal value.

On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Wouter Beek <[email protected]> wrote:

> My question is whether this can be circumvented for my simple/naive use.
> (Preferably a solution that does not involve a hack such as using
> format-to-codes and then number_codes/2 :-P.)
>

Depending on what you're trying to do, you could use rational numbers:

decimal_parts(D,I,F) :-
    I is floor(D),
    F is rationalize(D) - I.

Arithmetic performance is rarely a concern for me, so I tend to prefer
rationals over floats in most applications.

-- 
Michael
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