Truncating a double float

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From: steven j hinkle
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 1991 20:14

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   I would like to know if there is a good, "clean" way to truncate
a double float in C to a certain (given) accuracy point. 

   Example : I want to truncate a double to the tenth decimal point.

Anyone got a good idea how I can do this so that my code is portable?

Any help would be appreciated.

Steven Hinkle


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