Basic Comparison of Fractions

Source: R/fraction_comparisons.R

Operations for comparing pairs of fractions.

x1 %f<% x2

x1 %f>% x2

x1 %f<=% x2

x1 %f>=% x2

x1 %f==% x2

x1 %f!=% x2

Arguments

x1

The first fraction to be used.
x2

The second fraction to be used.

Value

A logical TRUE or FALSE.

Examples

"3 1/2" %f<% "14/4"
#> [1] FALSE
"3 1/2" %f==% "14/4"
#> [1] TRUE
"9/17" %f>% "10/19"
#> [1] TRUE
"-2/3" %f==% ("-1/3" %f*% "2")
#> [1] TRUE