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Re: xyouts: define decimal places of variable [message #65234]

Thu, 19 February 2009 19:43

David Fanning
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Mark writes:

> On Feb 19, 12:35=A0am, Carsten Lechte <c...@toppoint.de> wrote:
>> Use the STRING function, which does accept format statements:
>>
>> XYOUTS, 0.5, 0.5, STRING( 0.3453534534, FORMAT=3D'(F6.2)')
>
> A minor addition: you can omit the leading spaces with FORMAT=3D'(F0.2)'

While I am thinking about it, I always use NUMBER_FORMATTER
to format numbers into strings so I can display them in
text widgets. You can specify how many decimal places
you want in the number with a keyword.

http://www.dfanning.com/programs/number_formatter.pro

Cheers,

David

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		Re: xyouts: define decimal places of variable By: David Fanning on Thu, 19 February 2009 19:43
		Re: xyouts: define decimal places of variable By: Mark[1] on Thu, 19 February 2009 13:04
		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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