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Re: xyouts: define decimal places of variable [message #65257 is a reply to message #65255]

Wed, 18 February 2009 02:24

Andy Heaps
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Registered: March 2006

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Hello Julia,
try the following:

xyouts, x, y, STRTRIM(STRING(myvariable, FORMAT='(f10.2)'), 2), /Normal

Cheers
Andy

julia.walterspiel@gmail.com wrote:
> hello everyone
>
> is there a way to define the number of decimal places when plotting a
> (float) variable into a plot via xyouts?
> eg
> xyouts, x, y, myvariable, /Normal
>
> --> 0.3423564 but I only want it to display 0.34
>
> i understand the FORMAT-codes do not work with xyouts...
>
> thanks for any hints,
> julia

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		Re: xyouts: define decimal places of variable By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 February 2009 19:43
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		Re: xyouts: define decimal places of variable By: Carsten Lechte on Wed, 18 February 2009 03:35
		Re: xyouts: define decimal places of variable By: julia.walterspiel on Wed, 18 February 2009 02:58
		Re: xyouts: define decimal places of variable By: Andy Heaps on Wed, 18 February 2009 02:24

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