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## Overview 
Given that there's a decimal value, we will learn to obtain the fraction that represents the exact value of the decimal value. 

## Example

The decimal number `-5.422` must be represented in the fractional form as `-6104629294900707 / 1125899906842624` where `-6104629294900707` is the numerator and `1125899906842624` is the denominator.

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## The `Decimal` class

The **`Decimal` class** represents decimals in Python. The `as_integer_ratio()` method of the `Decimal` class gets a pair, i.e., (numerator, denominator) of integers. These integers represent the given `Decimal` instance as a fraction in the lowest terms and with a positive denominator.

## Syntax

```
as_integer_ratio()
```
## Code


import decimal

decimal_value = -5.422

decimal_object = decimal.Decimal(decimal_value)

numerator, denominator = decimal_object.as_integer_ratio()

print("%s / %s = %s" % (numerator, denominator, decimal_value))

import fractions, decimal

decimal_value = -5.422

decimal_object = decimal.Decimal(decimal_value)

fraction_object = fractions.Fraction.from_decimal(decimal_object)

numerator, denominator = fraction_object.as_integer_ratio()

print("%s / %s = %s" % (numerator, denominator, decimal_value))

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## Code explanation

- Line 1: We import the `decimal` module.
- Line 3: We define a decimal value called `decimal_value`.
- Line 5: We obtain an instance of the `Decimal` class called `decimal_object` for `decimal_value`.
- Line 7: We get the numerator and the denominator using the `as_integer_ratio()` method.
- Line 9: We print the numerator and denominator.

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## The `Fractions` class

The **`Fractions` class** represents fractions in Python. The `from_decimal()` method of the `Fractions` class gets an instance of the `Fractions` class from the `Decimal` object.

1. We get a `Decimal` object for the given decimal value.
2. We use the `from_decimal()` method to get an instance of the `Fractions` class.
3. We use the [as_integer_ratio()](https://www.educative.io/shoteditor/6743000020942848) method of the `Fractions` class to get the numerator and the denominator.

## Code

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## Code explanation

- Line 1: We import the `decimal` and the `fractions` module.
- Line 3: We define a decimal value called `decimal_value`.
- Line 5: We obtain an instance of the `Decimal` class called `decimal_object` for the `decimal_value`.
- Line 7: We create an instance of the `Fractions` class called `fraction_object` using the `from_decimal` method, passing `decimal_object` as argument.
- Line 9: We get the numerator and the denominator by invoking the `as_integer_ratio()` on `fraction_object`.
- Line 11: We print the numerator and denominator.

How to get a fraction from a decimal number in Python

Use Python's Decimal class and as_integer_ratio() or Fractions class and from_decimal() to convert decimals to fractions.

How to get a fraction from a decimal number in Python

Overview

Example

The Decimal class

Syntax

Code

Code explanation

The Fractions class

Code

Code explanation

The `Decimal` class

The `Fractions` class