How can I display decimal data on the front panel as fractions such as 1/32, 1/16

[cvr]

I would like to convert my metric measurement data into inches and have the data displayed as fractional inches such as "1/32", "1/16" etc. Thank you.

[Brian_Vibert]

I don't think that there is a way to display a number as a fraction in a numeric indicator. You can, however, figure out its fractional value and display it as a string. I've whipped up something that I think works fairly well. I'm not sure if its the best way to do it, but its my best attempt. Hope it helps!

Brian

[cvr]

Brian, yes it did help and thank you for attaching the file. I have been reviewing it and it is helping me to further understand how to program what I need in LabView. Thanks again. Craig

[Mikael_Garcia]

As Brian said,this function is most likely missing in LabVIEW at this point.

Here is an alternative solution to your problem though. It is based on a "binary" set of fractions, i.e only 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 ... are allowed in the denominator. The VI has a resolution setting allowing the user to specify the maximum resolution (highest number in the denominator). I hope this helps. /Mikael

[Mikael_Garcia]

I am sorry. I just found a bug. Here is a corrected version. 🙂 /Mikael

[Brian_Vibert]

Nice, looks better than mine... 🙂

[cvr]

Mikael, Thank you very much for the reply! That project had come to a stop and now it is moving forward again. I greatly appreciate that you attached the file – I would not have been able to build what you did (at least not yet). Regards, Craig

[Adam Russell]

I think you could pretty easily write a program to convert numbers to string
fractions. But you would have to decide how you wanted to round it off
unless you don't mind ending up with 3271/16384ths.

"cvr" wrote in message
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> I would like to convert my metric measurement data into inches and
> have the data displayed as fractional inches such as "1/32", "1/16"
> etc. Thank you.

[Joe_John]

Can someone convert the above solution to labview 8 or 9?

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Here it is in v8.2

-AK2DM