Problem 1253. Infinite precision division

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James on 8 Feb 2013

Heh...I already had written a script to do just this. I just had to change the name of mine to match what you were asking for. Now I get to see how much better I could have done it! :-)

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Christopher on 11 Feb 2013

I wish I could award bonus points for going straight to the shell for the answers.

Vitaly Lavrukhin on 18 Feb 2013

Thank you, Christopher! Sometimes Python comes in handy.

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Christopher on 8 Feb 2013

And there it is in a single function. Nice!

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