> The length of the repeating part should be one less than the quotient with > base and numerator factors removed
So, the length of the repeating part of 1/9 (base 10) is what? 8? BTW, http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Phrases/Arith has some verbs to convert between regular fraction and periodic notation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
