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Re: printing floats/integer [message #24117 is a reply to message #24116]

Thu, 08 March 2001 05:57

Klaus Scipal
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Registered: November 1997

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you can use the the string command in connection with format

for example
IDL> x=1.222221000000000000000
IDL> print, string(format='(f8.6)',x)
1.222221

klaus

Sean Heukels <sean77=cuthere=@dds.nl> wrote in message
news:9881p0$55o$1@newshost.accu.uu.nl...
> I wrote a small module for integers. The variable is formatted and
returned.
>
> "1 " returns as "1"
>
> Now this doesn't work with floats. for example if I want to print
"1.22221"
> I
> dont want to see it as "1.222221000000000000000" or
> "1.222222 "
>
> Does anyone know how I can solve this ??
>
> Greets Sean
>
>

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[Message index]

		Re: printing floats/integer By: Craig Markwardt on Thu, 08 March 2001 14:44
		Re: printing floats/integer By: R.G.S. on Thu, 08 March 2001 09:27
		Re: printing floats/integer By: Christopher W. O'Dell on Thu, 08 March 2001 09:01
		Re: printing floats/integer By: Klaus Scipal on Thu, 08 March 2001 08:00
		Re: printing floats/integer By: Paul van Delst on Thu, 08 March 2001 07:16
		Re: printing floats/integer By: Sean Heukels on Thu, 08 March 2001 06:21
		Re: printing floats/integer By: Klaus Scipal on Thu, 08 March 2001 05:57

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