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Re: How to eliminate trailing zeros in a string? [message #33798]

Sat, 25 January 2003 10:35

Craig Markwardt
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David Fanning <david@dfanning.com> writes:
>
> Alright, I've thought about it a little bit. How about this:
>
> IDL> str = '20.304000'
> IDL> str = String(str, Format='(F6.3)')
> IDL> Print, str
> 20.304

How about this variation on David's technique, but satisfies James's
requirement of an arbitrary number of zeroes:

print, string(str, format='(G0)')

The "G0" format usually renders a number in its most compact form.

Craig

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		Re: How to eliminate trailing zeros in a string? By: Craig Markwardt on Sat, 25 January 2003 10:35
		Re: How to eliminate trailing zeros in a string? By: marc schellens[1] on Sat, 25 January 2003 03:59
		Re: How to eliminate trailing zeros in a string? By: David Fanning on Fri, 24 January 2003 15:14
		Re: How to eliminate trailing zeros in a string? By: James Kuyper on Fri, 24 January 2003 15:05
		Re: How to eliminate trailing zeros in a string? By: K. Bowman on Fri, 24 January 2003 14:58
		Re: How to eliminate trailing zeros in a string? By: David Fanning on Fri, 24 January 2003 14:56
		Re: How to eliminate trailing zeros in a string? By: David Fanning on Fri, 24 January 2003 14:42

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