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Re: division to move a decimal point [message #74067 is a reply to message #74066]

Fri, 31 December 2010 09:21

David Fanning
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Jeff writes:

> I would like to convert the number 1948005 to 19480.05
> The closest I can get is
> print, 1948005*1./100.
> which gives 19480.1
> Any help would be appreciated!

You might be interested in the Number_Formatter function in
the Coyote Library, described at the end of this article:

http://www.dfanning.com/misc_tips/dbl_to_str.html

IDL> print, number_formatter(1948005/100., decimal=2)
19480.05

Cheers,

David

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Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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