aspect ratio a calculation

afternoon all. Iv'e come across some mathematical problems that im not too good at. does anyone know how to calculate t开发者_如何转开发he ratio for Height against width?

Regards Phil

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Here is a simple function that should give you the aspect ratio (simplified and in javascript)

function getAspectRatio(w, h)
    {
        var rem;
        var newW = w;
        var newH = h;

        while (h != 0)
        {
            rem = w % h;
            w = h;
            h = rem;
        }

        newH = newH / w;
        newW = newW / w;

        alert("Aspect Ratio: " + newW + ":" + newH);
    }

getAspectRatio(800,600); results in 4:3.

Hope this helps

G

EDIT: I forgot to mention, it calculates the gcd of the two numbers and does not check for division by zero, so you might want to add that. :)

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Pseudo code:

newWidth = newHeight / oldHeight * oldWidth

OR

newHeight = newWidth / oldwidth * oldHeight

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If you mean the aspect ratio of a height and width, it's just height / width reduced to its greatest common factor.

For instance, if your monitor is 1600 x 1200, it's 1600/1200 reduced to 4/3. To do this:

In math terms, you have to find the "Greatest Common Factor" and divide both values (1600 and 1200) by that. In this case, it's 400.

A very simple (and relatively) algorithm for this is:

for i <= min( 1600, 1200 ); i > 0; --i );
  if( 1600 % i == 0 && 1200 % i == 0 ) {
    minTop = 1600 / i;
    minBottom = 1200 / i;
    break;
  }
}

Your answer is minTop / minBottom. Replace 1600 and 1200 with the width and height you want, respectively.

Basically, the algorithm goes like this: count down from the lesser of the two numbers and find the first number into which both 1600 and 1200 divide into evenly (using the mod operator, so remainder == 0). That will end up being 400. That leads you with (1600 / 400) / (1200 / 400), or 4/3.

Hope this helps; leave a comment with any questions and I'll try to help further.