[R-SIG-Finance] Ques regarding price conversion to 32nds

[Joshua Ulrich]

Here's the answer to the second part, using the results from Pierre's email:

> eval(parse(text=paste(my.split[[1]],collapse="+")))
[1] 2.03125

Best,
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Joshua Ulrich
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On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Pierre Lapointe <pierrelap at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's the answer to the first part of your question:
>
> #Decimals to fractions
> frac.fun <- function(x, den){
> dec <- seq(0, den) / den
> nams <- paste(seq(0, den), den, sep = "/")
> sapply(x, function(y) nams[which.min(abs(y - dec))])
> }
>
> frac.fun(c(0, 1, 0.8266667, .066666, 0.2666666,0.03125), 32)
>
> To convert from fraction to decimal, I would strsplit numbers in two parts,
> one integer and one fraction.
>
> #Fractions to decimals
> x <- c("2 1/32","3 7/32","4 27/32")
> my.split<-strsplit(x," ")
>
> However, I do not know how to convert a "1/32" caracter string to numeric.
>
> Pierre
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Gandhi, Puneet - RSCH AMRS <
> p.gandhi at baml.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can any one point me to a function which converts prices in decimals to
>> 32nds and vice versa.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Puneet
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