On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:10:06 +0100, Goswin Brederlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi > # f: convert a floating-point argument to decimal notation, in the style > dddd.ddd. > # F: convert a floating-point argument in Caml syntax (dddd.ddd with a > mandatory .). > # e or E: convert a floating-point argument to decimal notation, in the style > d.ddd e+-dd (mantissa and exponent). > # g or G: convert a floating-point argument to decimal notation, in style f > or e, E (whichever is more compact). > > But %f always prints dddd.ddd with a mandatory '.'. %F on the other > hand does not always print a '.', e.g. 1e+18 does not. %F seems to do > what %g describes. %f does as the doc say: # Printf.printf "%.0f\n" 10.;; 10 But by default there is alway 6 digit after the dot (and then a dot). Compare to: # Printf.printf "%.0F\n" 10.;; 10. the documentation for %F is partially misleading, it alway convert a floating-point argument in Caml syntax, but in the 1e+18 case the dot is not mandatory in the ocaml syntax, I will forward it. By the way %g and %F does not always do the same things : # Printf.printf "%F" 10000000000.;; 10000000000.- : unit = () # Printf.printf "%g" 10000000000.;; 1e+10- : unit = () -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
