Re: floats in (s)printf
> i just noticed that printf and sprintf by default display like 6
> digits after the decimal place or something like that with %e, %f and
%g...
> i was wondering it were possible (practical) to have some way of
> displaying just enough digits that would still give all the accuracy of
the
> number... i.e. if i were to do a printf(1,"%f",5.5) it would print out
> "5.5", but if i were to do a printf(1,"%f",5.55555555555555555) it would
> print out that number to 15 decimal places or whatever it is... you know
> what i'm saying?? okay
Well, Euphoria does allow specification of field width and decimal
precision for displaying numbers. For example, %6.3f means a field width of
6 positions with a precision of 3 decimal points. I don't know if it goes
to 15 decimal points however...never tried.
Hope this helps
David Gay
http://www.interlog.com/~moggie/Euphoria
"A Beginner's Guide To Euphoria"
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