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MathString Methods

The MathString type exposes the following members.

Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodStatic memberCDblAny
Like the standard CDbl function, this converts a string to a double-precision number. But unlike CDbl, this will work on a string that uses either "." or "," as the decimal separator.
Public methodStatic memberFormatAsFraction(Double)
Formats a number as a fraction for inch measurements, with denominator as power of 2 (up to maximum of 128). Return a fraction, or number and fraction (e.g. 3 5/8), or decimal number if the input is not a power of 2 fraction (within 0.0000001)
Public methodStatic memberFormatAsFraction(Double, Int32)
Formats a number as a fraction for inch measurements, with denominator as power of 2 (up to maximum of 128). Return a fraction, or number and fraction (e.g. 3 5/8), or decimal number if the input is not a power of 2 fraction (within 0.0000001)
Public methodStatic memberRoundToFraction
Formats a numeric value as a text string, in fraction form to represent inch measurements. Returns a fraction(for example, "1/2"), or a number and fraction(for example, "3 5/8").
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