<h2>org.das2.datum.RationalNumber</h2><p>represent a rational number</p>
<h2>RationalNumber( double d )</h2>
<p>create a rationalNumber that is very close to d.</p>

<h2>RationalNumber( <a href='http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~jbf/autoplot/doc/org/das2/datum/Ratio.html'>org.das2.datum.Ratio</a> n, <a href='http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~jbf/autoplot/doc/org/das2/datum/Ratio.html'>org.das2.datum.Ratio</a> exp )</h2>
<p>create a rationalNumber with n * 10^exp</p>

<h2>RationalNumber( <a href='http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~jbf/autoplot/doc/org/das2/datum/Ratio.html'>org.das2.datum.Ratio</a> n )</h2>
<p>create a rationalNumber with n * 10^exp</p>

<h2>RationalNumber( int n )</h2>
<p>create a rationalNumber with n * 10^exp</p>

<h2>RationalNumber( int n, int d )</h2>
<p>create a new rational number with numerator n and denominator d. The
 result will be n/d*10^0</p>

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<h2>divide</h2>
divide( <a href='http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~jbf/autoplot/doc/org/das2/datum/RationalNumber.html'>org.das2.datum.RationalNumber</a> number ) &rarr; <a href='http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~jbf/autoplot/doc/org/das2/datum/RationalNumber.html'>org.das2.datum.RationalNumber</a>

<p>divide by the number.</p>

<h3>Parameters</h3>
number - a RationalNumber

<h3>Returns:</h3>
an org.das2.datum.RationalNumber

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<h2>doubleValue</h2>
doubleValue(  ) &rarr; double

<p>return a close representation using double.</p>

<h3>Returns:</h3>
a double

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<h2>isOne</h2>
isOne(  ) &rarr; boolean

<p>return true if the number is 1.</p>

<h3>Returns:</h3>
true if the number is 1.
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<h2>isZero</h2>
isZero(  ) &rarr; boolean

<p>return true if the number is 0.</p>

<h3>Returns:</h3>
true if the number is 0.
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<h2>multiply</h2>
multiply( <a href='http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~jbf/autoplot/doc/org/das2/datum/RationalNumber.html'>org.das2.datum.RationalNumber</a> number ) &rarr; <a href='http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~jbf/autoplot/doc/org/das2/datum/RationalNumber.html'>org.das2.datum.RationalNumber</a>

<p>multiply by the number</p>

<h3>Parameters</h3>
number - a RationalNumber

<h3>Returns:</h3>
an org.das2.datum.RationalNumber

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<h2>parse</h2>
parse( <a href='https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html'>String</a> s ) &rarr; <a href='http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~jbf/autoplot/doc/org/das2/datum/RationalNumber.html'>org.das2.datum.RationalNumber</a>

<p>parse the string to get the RationalNumber. This simply calls
 Double.parseDouble, but a future implementation could do a better job of
 this.</p>

<h3>Parameters</h3>
s - the string.

<h3>Returns:</h3>
the RationalNumber
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<h2>pow</h2>
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<h3>Parameters</h3>
r - a Ratio

<h3>Returns:</h3>
org.das2.datum.RationalNumber

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<h2>sqrt</h2>
sqrt(  ) &rarr; <a href='http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/~jbf/autoplot/doc/org/das2/datum/RationalNumber.html'>org.das2.datum.RationalNumber</a>

<p>returns the sqrt of the number, e.g. 4 * 10^</p>

<h3>Returns:</h3>
an org.das2.datum.RationalNumber

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<h2>toString</h2>
toString(  ) &rarr; <a href='https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html'>String</a>

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<h3>Returns:</h3>
java.lang.String

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