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diff --git a/lib/pure/rationals.nim b/lib/pure/rationals.nim index 45902b7cd..5f806bd70 100644 --- a/lib/pure/rationals.nim +++ b/lib/pure/rationals.nim @@ -318,3 +318,23 @@ func hash*[T](x: Rational[T]): Hash = h = h !& hash(copy.num) h = h !& hash(copy.den) result = !$h + +func `^`*[T: SomeInteger](x: Rational[T], y: T): Rational[T] = + ## Computes `x` to the power of `y`. + ## + ## The exponent `y` must be an integer. Negative exponents are supported + ## but floating point exponents are not. + runnableExamples: + doAssert (-3 // 5) ^ 0 == (1 // 1) + doAssert (-3 // 5) ^ 1 == (-3 // 5) + doAssert (-3 // 5) ^ 2 == (9 // 25) + doAssert (-3 // 5) ^ -2 == (25 // 9) + + if y >= 0: + result.num = x.num ^ y + result.den = x.den ^ y + else: + result.num = x.den ^ -y + result.den = x.num ^ -y + # Note that all powers of reduced rationals are already reduced, + # so we don't need to call reduce() here |