String formatting doubles & floats

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From: John Propper
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 00:00

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How does one format a float a double into a string like printf() in the
C language?

For example, how can I format a float of 123.4 so that it's string
representation is "123.40".

Thanks ...

-- john

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