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Re: format questions [message #51636 is a reply to message #51634]

Fri, 01 December 2006 11:30

David Fanning
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lee writes:

> Thank you very much for your quick response, David. Even I added
> format, the number changed a little bit (see below). How to get it
> exactly right? Your website is so helpful and thank you very much!
>
>> print, mx, FORMAT='(D20.10)'
> 598594.3750000000
> (the original number is 598594.35000000)

Well, I think maybe you want to read that article one more
time, a little more carefully than you did the last time!

MX is a float in your code. The best precision you can
expect is seven significant figures. These two numbers
are identical to that level of precision. :-)

Cheers,

David
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Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: format questions By: Foldy Lajos on Fri, 01 December 2006 11:34
		Re: format questions By: David Fanning on Fri, 01 December 2006 11:30
		Re: format questions By: lee on Fri, 01 December 2006 11:25
		Re: format questions By: David Fanning on Fri, 01 December 2006 11:10

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