/*
 *
 *  jFraction by jameskmonger
 *
 */

/*
 *
 * split
 * strsrc - the string to split up
 * strdest - the string array to store split strings in
 * delimiter - the character to split by
 *
 * Split a selected string into an array
 *
 */
static stock split(const strsrc[], strdest[][], delimiter)
{
    new i, li;
    new count;
    new len;
    while(i <= strlen(strsrc))
    {
        if(strsrc[i] == delimiter || i == strlen(strsrc))
        {
            len = strmid(strdest[count], strsrc, li, i, 128);
            strdest[count][len] = 0;
            li = i+1;
            count++;
        }
        i++;
    }
    return 1;
}

/*
 *
 * str_count
 * string - the string to be searched
 * count - the character to look for
 *
 * Count and return the number of count[] in string[]
 *
 */
static stock str_count(const string[], const count[]) {
    new i, num;
    if(strlen(count) == 1) {
        while(i <= strlen(string)) {
            if(string[i] == count[0]) {
                num++;
            }
            i++;
        }
    }
    return num;
}

/*
 *
 * fractionToDecimal
 * fraction - the inputted fraction
 * result - the float to store the decimal result in
 *
 * Take a fraction as a string and return it as a decimal
 *
 */
stock fractionToDecimal(const fraction[], &Float:result) {
    new number_string[2][26],
        Float:number_val[2];

    if(str_count(fraction, "/") == 1) {
        if(strlen(fraction) < 26) {
            split(fraction, number_string, '/');
            number_val[0] = floatstr(number_string[0]);
            number_val[1] = floatstr(number_string[1]);
            result = floatdiv(number_val[0], number_val[1]);
        }
    }
}