I am stuck with "2/5", Need help or advice

Hello guys, I am new in here,

Need help in C program, basically, I would like trying input number such as "2/5", "1/2","3/4"..etc not 0.5 , 0.25, 0.333 something like that on the screen and it will be automatically calculated by my program.
I am stuck and need help, has somebody ever done a program something like that? it's like to input number in Matlab.

Regards,

You tried this with doubles yet?

Some numbers will be approximations, but they're close.

You mean sometimes type in "1/2" and other times type in "0.5", and the program treats them as being the same thing?

Is it restricted to simple fractions, or do you want a full expression evaluator there?

Originally Posted by Adak

You tried this with doubles yet?

Some numbers will be approximations, but they're close.

Thanks for your reply, , but definitely, I don't understand what you meant.
The idea is : I could input my number with "/" and directly calculated.

Okay, actually I'm building a program for gaussian elimination. And User can input by fraction number, not round number...

Maybe, I should share to you guys my gaussian program. I just want to input my number by fraction number such as "1/2", "1/3", "1/4"...etc, and on the screen will automatically show the input become "0,50", "0,33", "0,25"...My question is "How to create it happens?", Thanks for your help guys....Actually my matrix has used double.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#define NMAX 100

int main()
{
     int m,n; //rows and columns
     int i,j,k; //help character
     double A[NMAX][NMAX]; //matrix input
     double x[NMAX][1];    //matrix solved
     double b[NMAX][1];    //matrix output
     /**********************/
     /*   [A][x]=[b]       */
     /**********************/
     double pivot; //pivot element

/*Input First****************************************************************************************/
     
     printf("This is a Gaussian Elimination program \nthat can only solve linier problem\n[A][x]=[b] ");
     printf("Enter Input Matrix [A] Size Dimension (m,n) :\n");
     printf("Amount of Rows:\n");
     scanf ("%d",&m);
     printf("Amount of Colums:\n");
     scanf ("%d",&n);
     
     if (m>100 || n>100)
     {
         printf("Matrix Size A is more than 100.\n");
         getch();
         exit(1);
     }
     
     //Enter Input for A matrix
     printf("Enter Input Number for [A] matrix:\n");
     
     for (i=0;i<m;i++)
     {
         printf("new row:\n");
               
         for (j=0;j<n;j++)
         {
             scanf("%lf",&A[i][j]);   //Input number                      
         }
     }
     
     //Let to display the matrix input A
     printf("\nYour [A] Matrix:\n");
     for (i=0;i<m;i++)
     {
         for (j=0;j<n;j++)
         {
             printf(" %.4f", A[i][j]);
         }
         printf("\n");
     }
     
     //Enter input for b Matrix
     printf("\nEnter Input Number for [b] matrix:\n");
     printf("only one column:\n");
     for (i=0;i<m;i++)
     {
         scanf("%lf",&b[i][0]);   //Input number                      
     }
     
     //Let to display the matrix output b
     printf("\nYour [b] Matrix:\n");
     for (i=0;i<m;i++)
     {
         printf(" %.4f", b[i][0]);
         printf("\n");
     }
/*********************************************Input Finished**************************/



/*********************************************Start to Elimination********************/
/*Gaussian will be applied************************************************************/
for (j=0;j<n;j++)
{
    for (i=j;i<m;i++)
    {
        pivot=A[i+1][j]/A[j][j];
        b[i+1][0]=b[i+1][0]-(pivot*b[j][0]); //Each element of b
        for(k=j;k<n;k++)
        {
            A[i+1][k]=A[i+1][k]-(pivot*A[j][k]); //Each element of A
        }    
    }
}
     //Show result matrix after elemination
     printf("\nAfter Elimination*************\n");
     printf("Your [A] Matrix:\n");
     for (i=0;i<m;i++)
     {
         for (j=0;j<n;j++)
         {
             printf(" %.4f", A[i][j]);
         }
         printf("\n");
     }
     printf("\nYour [b] Matrix:\n");
     for (i=0;i<m;i++)
     {
         printf("%.4f", b[i][0]);
         printf("\n");
     }

/********************************************End Elimination**************************/



/*Show the result*********************************************************************/

x[m-1][0]=b[m-1][0]/A[m-1][n-1]; //x(m,n) result

for (i=m-2;i>=0;i--)
{
    x[i][0]=b[i][0];
    
    for (j=m-1;j>=i+1;j--)
    {
        x[i][0]=x[i][0]-(x[j][0]*A[i][j]);    
    }
    x[i][0]=x[i][0]/A[i][i];
}

     //Show result matrix after elemination
     printf("\nAfter Substitution*************\n");
     printf("Your [X] Matrix:\n");
     for (i=0;i<m;i++)
     {
         printf("%.4f", x[i][0]);
         printf("\n");
     }
/********************************************End Show*********************************/     
     
     getch(); 
     return 0;
     
}

I programmed it by Dev-C++, This program definitely succeeded, but I just want to change the input by fraction number. And now I stuck with my problem.

Regards,

Originally Posted by Salem

You mean sometimes type in "1/2" and other times type in "0.5", and the program treats them as being the same thing?

Is it restricted to simple fractions, or do you want a full expression evaluator there?

Yeah, I just want to input my number with "1/2" and it will show automatically become "0.5". Obviously, If I input the number with "0.5" , I will not ask in here...

scanf is formatted input. That means if you want to have the user input "number/number" your could do something like
scanf("%d/%d", &num1, &num2). That would input two numbers seperated by a '/'.

Originally Posted by AndrewHunter

scanf is formatted input. That means if you want to have the user input "number/number" your could do something like
scanf("%d/%d", &num1, &num2). That would input two numbers seperated by a '/'.

Well, thank for your help, I don't know if scanf can do like that. I've tried yours, but Now I cannot input only one number... Solved!

Originally Posted by dapping

Well, thank for your help, I don't know if scanf can do like that.

You are right, I have no idea what I am talking about.

Originally Posted by dapping

I've tried yours, but Now I cannot input only one number... Solved!

The easiest way to do multiple input options is to use an fgets / sscanf pair. However since I am clueless I will defer to your expertise on the subject.

You'll need to read it in as a string then, and from than you can try to sscanf into a %d/%d format and if that does not return that two arguments were filled then try scanning if into a float instead using %f.
Do you follow that, or do you want an example?