(Rational Numbers) Create a class called Rational for performing arithmetic with fractions. Write a program to test your class. Use integer variables to represent the private instance variables of the class the numerator and the denominator. Provide a constructor that enables an object of this class to be initialized when it is declared. The constructor should store the fraction in reduced form. The fraction
2/4
is equivalent to 1/2 and would be stored in the object as 1 in the numerator and 2 in the denominator. Provide a no-argument constructor with default values in case no initializers are provided. Provide public methods that perform each of the following operations:
a. Add two Rational numbers: The result of the addition should be stored in reduced form.
b. Subtract two Rational numbers: The result of the subtraction should be stored in reduced form.
c. Multiply two Rational numbers: The result of the multiplication should be stored in reduced form.
d. Divide two Rational numbers: The result of the division should be stored in reduced form.
e. Print Rational numbers in the form a/b, where a is the numerator and b is the denominator.
f. Print Rational numbers in floating-point format. (Consider providing formatting capabilities that enable the user of the class to specify the number of digits of precision to the right of the decimal point.)
– 提示:
– 有理数是有分子、分母以形式a/b表示的数,其中a是分子,b是分母。例如,1/3,3/4,10/4。
– 有理数的分母不能为0,分子却可以为0。每个整数a等价于有理数a/1。有理数用于分数的精确计算中。例如1/3=0.0000…,它不能使用数据类型double或float的浮点格式精确表示出来,为了得到准确结果,必须使用有理数。
– Java提供了整数和浮点数的数据类型,但是没有提供有理数的类型。
– 由于有理数与整数、浮点数有许多共同特征,并且Number类是数字包装的根类,因此,把有理数类Rational定义为Number类的一个子类是比较合适的。由于有理数是可比较的,那么Rational类也应该实现Comparable接口。+下页图中描述了Rational类已将其与Number类和Comparable接口的关系。
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