Re: Rounding off a double precision variable

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From: Thomas Krog Christensen
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 00:00

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Ron Natalie wrote:
>Of course computationally that will do it, but the real question is
>what the original poster really wanted.  If he wanted the value only
>"DISPLAYED" to a certain number of decimal places, this won't accomplish
>it.

then you can use:

char buffer[100];
double v=5.457;
sprintf(buffer,"%.2f",v);

(but I don't think this is the answer to the original qustion)


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