Convert a Fraction to a Decimal

The as_decimal function parses a string and evaluates the result to return a numeric approximation.

as_decimal(fraction)

Arguments

fraction	The input fraction, already parsed, or a string to be parsed using parse_fraction(fraction, improper = TRUE, reduce = TRUE).

Value

A numeric (possible approximation) of the fraction converted to a numeric value.

Examples

# String as input
as_decimal("2 3/8")
#> [1] 2.375

# Parsed fraction as input
x <- as_improper("-1 1/3")
as_decimal(x)
#> [1] -1.333333