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Article #529Re: %g format in printf
From: Chris Torek
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1989 13:43
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1989 13:43
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In article <1439@hiatus.dec.com> daniels@grue.dec.com (Bradford R. Daniels) writes: >Also, the definition of significant digits I learned in my high >school science classes says that if I am asked to print out 1024 >with 1 significant digit, I should get 1000 printed out. Is that >correct? No: `1000' has four significant digits (as does `1.000'); you need `1e3'. I have seen arguments on both sides of this, but only believe the one that says `the number of digits written is the number of significant digits'. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!tank!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: %g format in printf Message-ID: <19426@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 6 Sep 89 13:43:21 GMT References: <1439@hiatus.dec.com> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 14