Un-reduced Fractions! PLS HELP!!

[ssjaditya]

Hi Guys, I am supposed to write a program which can perform simple fraction arithmetic, however the answer is supposed to come out as an unreduced form.

EG: 3/5 + 1/5 = 20/25

if the result is improper then it can either be a whole number or a mixed number (my choice)

if the problem is un-calculable then an error message is the result.



Below is what I have written so far. I just need to figure out how to get the problem to result in an unreduced form.


Any help would be encouraged. Thank you








#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cmath>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
int numerator1, numerator2;
int denominator1, denominator2;
int answer1;

cout << "*********** Assignment #7 Section #1003" << endl;
cin >> numerator1;
cin >> denominator1;
cin >> numerator2;
cin >> denominator2;

answer1 = (numerator1 / denominator1) + (numerator2 / denominator2);

cout << numerator1 << "/" << denominator1 << " + " << numerator2 << "/" << denominator2 << " = " << answer1 << endl;

return 0;
}



This is basically the result:

-bash-4.1$ ./a.out *************
************* Assignment #7 Section #1003
3 //input
5 //input
1 //input
5 //input
3/5 + 1/5 = 0 // cout statement.

[MatthewRock]

Answer is int. Int is throwing out everything after the dot(e.g. when result is 25.99345, then result would be just 25). Change it to double.
Also, wrap your code in [.code][./code] tags next time(without dots, of course).

If you want to receive x/y notation, then you shouldn't calculate answer. It won't help you anyway :)

Cheers!