$ShowFractions• $ShowFractions is a setting to control the display format of numbers.
• Setting $ShowFractions = True causes numbers to be displayed as fractions when possible.
• Setting $ShowFractions = False causes numbers to be displayed in decimal notation.
• The value will persist until the end of the current session or until reset to another value. Examples Entering Commands Directly
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Changing the value of $ShowFractions will cause numbers to return as fractions of whole numbers where possible.
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Where this is not possible, decimal digits will still be returned.
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Resetting the value of $ShowFractions to False will return the default behavior.
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