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package org.casaframework.math {
	
	/**
		Creates a standardized way of describing and storing percentages. You can store and receive percentages in two different formats; regular percentage or as an decimal percentage.
		
		If percent is 37.5% a regular percentage would be expressed as {@code 37.5} while the decimal percentage will be expressed {@code 0.375}.
		
		@author Aaron Clinger
		@author Mike Creighton
		@version 03/20/08
	*/
	public class Percent {
		protected var _percent:Number;
		
		
		/**
			Creates a new Percent.
			
			@param percentage: Percent formated at a percentage or an decimal percentage.
			@param isDecimalPercentage: Indicates if the parameter {@code percentage} is a decimal percentage {@code true}, or regular percentage {@code false}.
		*/
		public function Percent(percentage:Number = 0, isDecimalPercentage:Boolean = true) {
			super();
			
			if (isDecimalPercentage) {
				this.decimalPercentage = percentage;
			} else {
				this.percentage = percentage;
			}
		}
		
		/**
			The percent expressed as a regular percentage. 37.5% would be expressed as {@code 37.5}.
		*/
		public function get percentage():Number {
			return 100 * this._percent;
		}
		
		public function set percentage(percent:Number):void {
			this._percent = percent * .01;
		}
		
		/**
			The percent expressed as a decimal percentage. 37.5% would be expressed as {@code 0.375}.
		*/
		public function get decimalPercentage():Number {
			return this._percent;
		}
		
		public function set decimalPercentage(percent:Number):void {
			this._percent = percent;
		}
		
		/**
			Determines if the percent specified in the {@code percent} parameter is equal to this percent object.
			
			@param percent: A Percent object.
			@return Returns {@code true} if percents are identical; otherwise {@code false}.
		*/
		public function equals(percent:Percent):Boolean {
			return this.decimalPercentage == percent.decimalPercentage;
		}
		
		/**
			@return A new percent object with the same value as this percent.
		*/
		public function clone():Percent {
			return new Percent(this.decimalPercentage);
		}
		
		public function toString():String {
			return this.decimalPercentage.toString();
		}
	}
}