""" Finding the continuous fraction for a rational number using python https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continued_fraction """ from fractions import Fraction from math import floor def continued_fraction(num: Fraction) -> list[int]: """ :param num: Fraction of the number whose continued fractions to be found. Use Fraction(str(number)) for more accurate results due to float inaccuracies. :return: The continued fraction of rational number. It is the all commas in the (n + 1)-tuple notation. >>> continued_fraction(Fraction(2)) [2] >>> continued_fraction(Fraction("3.245")) [3, 4, 12, 4] >>> continued_fraction(Fraction("2.25")) [2, 4] >>> continued_fraction(1/Fraction("2.25")) [0, 2, 4] >>> continued_fraction(Fraction("415/93")) [4, 2, 6, 7] >>> continued_fraction(Fraction(0)) [0] >>> continued_fraction(Fraction(0.75)) [0, 1, 3] >>> continued_fraction(Fraction("-2.25")) # -2.25 = -3 + 0.75 [-3, 1, 3] """ numerator, denominator = num.as_integer_ratio() continued_fraction_list: list[int] = [] while True: integer_part = floor(numerator / denominator) continued_fraction_list.append(integer_part) numerator -= integer_part * denominator if numerator == 0: break numerator, denominator = denominator, numerator return continued_fraction_list if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod() print("Continued Fraction of 0.84375 is: ", continued_fraction(Fraction("0.84375")))