Convert this VB code to Java?

Hello, i've just come from another post over in the maths forum.

http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...54#post2804654

I'm trying to get a part of my program to get the ratio between 2 numbers, and cancel it down to the lowest possible form.

the code:

Code:

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  1.
      val_1 = 15
  2.
        val_2 = 120
  3.
     
  4.
        If val_1 < val_2 Then
  5.
          min_val = val_1
  6.
        Else
  7.
          min_val = val_2
  8.
        End If
  9.
     
  10.
        If (val_1 / min_val) = (val_1 \ min_val) And _
  11.
          (val_2 / min_val) = (val_2 \ min_val) Then
  12.
          min_1 = (val_1 / min_val)
  13.
          min_2 = (val_2 / min_val)
  14.
        Else
  15.
          min_1 = val_1
  16.
          min_2 = val_2
  17.
          For i = (min_val \ 2) To 1 Step -1
  18.
            If (val_1 / i) = (val_1 \ i) And _
  19.
              (val_2 / i) = (val_2 \ i) Then
  20.
              min_1 = (val_1 / i)
  21.
              min_2 = (val_2 / i)
  22.
              Exit For
  23.
            End If
  24.
          Next i
  25.
        End If
  26.
     
  27.
        MsgBox CStr(min_1) & ":" & CStr(min_2)

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works perfectly in VB.

I've started to convert it to java but i think im going the wrong way about it; as im creating far too many variables because i cant find the syntax for / and \ in java. Wondering if the chaps of VBForums would be able to lend a hand.

This is what ive got so far:

Code:

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public class Ratio
{
  public static void main(String[]args)
  {
    System.out.println("enter number 1");
        int a=KBInput.readInt();  //can post this class file if needed
        System.out.println("enter number 2");
        int b=KBInput.readInt();  //can post this class file if needed
        double a1=a;  //a decimal version of 'a' for divisor calculation
        double b1=b;  //a decimal version of 'b' for divisor calculation
        int minVal; 
        double minVal2;  //decimal version of minVal for divisor calculation
        if (a<b)
        {
          minVal=a;  //set smallest value to a
                minVal2=a; //""
        }
        else
        {
          minVal=b;  //set smallest value to b
                minVal2=b; //""
        }
       
        int adivmin = (a/minVal);                        // adivmin set to (a/minVal) this is Integer
        double adivmin2 = (a/minVal2);  // adivmin set to (a/minVal2) this is Double
        int bdivmin = (b/minVal);                        // bdivmin set to (b/minVal) this is Integer
        double bdivmin2 = (b1/minVal2); // adivmin set to (b/minVal2) this is Double
        int ans1=0, ans2=0;
       
        System.out.println("A divided min val = "+adivmin);
        System.out.println("A divided min val = "+adivmin2);
        System.out.println("B divided min val = "+bdivmin);
        System.out.println("B divided min val = "+bdivmin2);
       
        if ((adivmin)==(adivmin2)&&(bdivmin)==(bdivmin2))
        {
          ans1=(a/minVal);
                ans2=(b/minVal);
        }
        else
        {

 ~~~~~~Im stuck here~~~~~~
          ans1=a;
                ans2=b;


                for (int x=0; x<=(minVal/2); x++)
                {
                  if((a/x)==(a/x)&&(b/x)==(b/x)) 
                  {
                    System.out.println("DOH");
                  }
                }
        }
       
       
        System.out.println("Ratio is:  "+ans1+":"+ans2);
  }
}

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Thanks a bunch for any help you can give me!!!

Mathew

You want to shorten a fraction? The standard way is to get the greatest common divisor and divide both factors by it.
To get the GCD, use the Euclidean Algorithm.

The VB code above sucks, and the translation to Java (which cares about whether a number is an integer or a floating point number) makes it suck more.

Code:

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class Fraction
{
  private int num, den;

  public int getNum() { return num; }
  public int getDen() { return den; }

  private int gcd(int a, int b) {
    while(b != 0) {
      int t = b;
      b = a % b;
      a = t;
    }
    return a;
  }
  private void shorten() {
    int t = gcd(num, den);
    num /= t;
    den /= t;
  }

  public Fraction(int n, int d)
  {
    if(d == 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Denominator is zero.");
    num = n;
    den = d;
    shorten();
  }
}

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Thanks a lot for taking the time to help me CornedBee. I really appreciate it.

I didnt realise the code i was trying to convert to java was quite so bad!

Rating for you :)