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// This file is part of www.nand2tetris.org
// and the book "The Elements of Computing Systems"
// by Nisan and Schocken, MIT Press.
// File name: projects/09/Fraction/Fraction.jack

/** Represents the Fraction type and related operations. */
class Fraction {
   field int numerator, denominator;  // field = property = member variable.
  
   /** Constructs a (reduced) fraction from the given numerator and denominator. */
   constructor Fraction new(int x, int y) {
      let numerator = x;
      let denominator = y;
      do reduce();   // reduces the fraction
      return this;   // a constructor is expected to return a reference to the new object
   }

   // Reduces this fraction.
   method void reduce() {
      var int g;
      let g = Fraction.gcd(numerator, denominator);
      if (g > 1) {
         let numerator = numerator / g;
         let denominator = denominator / g;
      }
      return;
   }

   /** Accessors. */
   method int getNumerator() { return numerator; }
   method int getDenominator() { return denominator; }  

   /** Returns the sum of this fraction and the other one. */
   method Fraction plus(Fraction other) {
      var int sum;
      let sum = (numerator * other.getDenominator()) + (other.getNumerator() * denominator);
      return Fraction.new(sum, denominator * other.getDenominator());
   }

   // More fraction-related methods (minus, times, div, etc.) can be added here.
  
   /** Disposes this fraction. */
   method void dispose() {
      do Memory.deAlloc(this);  // uses an OS routine to recycle the memory held by the object
      return;
   }
   
   /** Prints this fraction in the format x/y. */
   method void print() {
      do Output.printInt(numerator);
      do Output.printString("/");
      do Output.printInt(denominator);
      return;
   }

   // Computes the greatest common divisor of the given integers.
   function int gcd(int a, int b) {
      var int r;
      while (~(b = 0)) {             // applies Euclid's algorithm
         let r = a - (b * (a / b));  // r = remainder of the integer division a/b
         let a = b; let b = r;
      }
      return a;
   }
}