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Reference · stzNumber

IsRational()

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Basic examples (1)

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# a third is itself
? (new stzNumber("1/3")).Content()
# two quarters reduce
? (new stzNumber("2/4")).Content()
# six thirds reduce past being a fraction at all
? (new stzNumber("6/3")).Content()
# ...and report themselves as an integer
? (new stzNumber("4/2")).Representation()
# a zero numerator is just zero
? (new stzNumber("0/5")).Content()
# the sign lives on the numerator
? (new stzNumber("-1/2")).Content()
# ...even when it was written on the denominator
? (new stzNumber("1/-2")).Content()
# a fraction knows what it is
? (new stzNumber("1/3")).Representation()
# ...and answers the predicate
? (new stzNumber("1/3")).IsRational()
# while a decimal does not
? (new stzNumber("0.5")).IsRational()
Output
1/3
1/2
2
integer
0
-1/2
-1/2
rational
1
0

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from numeric_rationals_narrated.ring(opens in a new tab)

The extensions of this method

Each extension, and whether it exists for this method; an extension that exists combines with the others (FindSTCS).

Extension
Exists
What it adds · The names
Q
no
does what the method does, then returns the object, so the call can be chained
QQ
no
chains on the next, more specific type of object (the Q ladder)
QQQ
no
chains on the most specific type of object (the Q ladder)
QRT
no
returns the result as an object of the requested type
CS
no
takes a case-sensitivity flag
ST
no
takes the position to start from (StartingAt)
IB
no
takes bounds that are included (IncludingBounds)
XT
no
the extended form: more parameters than the base method
XTT
no
yet another extension: a further extended form, after XT
Z
no
includes the position in what it returns
ZZ
no
returns positions as sections, [start, end]
W
no
selects by a condition
WF
no
selects by a condition, with the expressive keywords (@NextItem, @PreviousItem...)
D
no
takes a direction, forward or backward (Directional)
F
no
takes a function (the condition or the update is given as a function); the forms document also uses F for the future form, which defers the action
Many
no
works on a collection of items instead of one (the plural form)
Except
no
takes exceptions, what to leave out (the exceptional form)
U
no
returns the result without duplication

Every example is a test file of the library, run inside the library for this page; only those whose output kept every promise their file wrote are shown.

See also