Fractions to Decimals function, needs to be able to have hole numbers and floats entered in as well as fractions
function toDeci(fraction) {
var result, wholeNum = 0, frac, deci = 0;
if(fraction.search('/') >= 0){
if(fraction.search('-') >= 0){
var wholeNum = fraction.split('-');
frac = wholeNum[1];
wholeNum = parseInt(wholeNum, 10);
}else{
frac = fraction;
}
if(fraction.search('/') >=0){
frac = frac.split('/');
deci = parseInt(frac[0], 10) / parseInt(frac[1], 10);
}
result = wholeNum + deci;
}else{
result = +fraction;
}
return result.toFixed(2);
}
console.log('1 ',toDeci("1-7/16"));
console.log('2 ',toDeci("5/8"));
console.log('3 ',toDeci("3-3/16"));
console.log('4 ',toDeci("12"));
console.log('5 ',toDeci("12.20"));
console.log('5 ',toDeci("1"));