Re: Different behavior of Str(Double)? / Re: Floating point overflow

[Joe Strout <joe@inspiringapps.com>]

On Sep 30, 2008, at 9:07 AM, Norman Palardy wrote:

> 2) format the number with the precision you want
>        tmp = format(number,",#.0000000") // exactly 7 digits after  
> the decimal
That gives you 7 decimal places, not 7 significant digits.  Getting a  
result with a desired number of significant digits is harder.  (Off  
the top of my head, I suppose I might convert it to a string in  
exponential notation, then shift the decimal point manually...)
Best,
- Joe

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Joe Strout
Inspiring Applications, Inc.
http://www.InspiringApps.com





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