Here is a simple fraction function that sometimes returns the right value. ;-) 
    #!/usr/bin/perl -wl

    use strict;


    sub fract {
        %_=(%_,$_[0],$%);
        ~~%_
    }

    print fract(0.1250);
    print fract(0.2500);
    print fract(0.3750);
    print fract(0.5000);
    print fract(0.6249);
    print fract(0.7510);
    print fract(0.8750);

   __END__
    Prints:

    1/8
    2/8
    3/8
    4/8
    5/8
    6/8
    7/8

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Update: This is just a joke and apparently not a very good one. Don't use this code.

--
John.

In reply to Re: Percentages to Fractions by jmcnamara
in thread Percentages to Fractions by David Caughell

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