Using Float

Hello I am new to C programming and I have a question on how to output a float using "sprintf". I have the following code, but when I run the code on my microchip PIC16F874a (Hi-Tech PICC compiler), all I get is "f" to print on my LCD, but I would like to be getting a decimal number. My code defines adcvalue as a float, then passes that result into an equation called temperature which is also a float. Should I be adding a library? Or is this the complete wrong way of displaying a decimal number on my LCD? Thanks.

Code:

#include <pic.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "LCD.h"
#include "delay.h"


__CONFIG(PWRTDIS & WDTDIS & BORDIS & LVPDIS & XT & UNPROTECT);


/* Sample code to set up the A2D module */
void init_a2d(void)

{
	ADCON0=129;	// select Fosc/8, AN0, A/D on
	ADCON1=130;	// select left justify result. A/D port configuration 0
	ADON=1;		// turn on the A2D conversion module
	DelayMs(50);
}


main()
{
	float adcvalue, temperature;
	int i;
	char outString[20];
	i=0;

	TRISA=0x05;


		lcd_init();
		init_a2d();

			
		while(i<151)

		{
			DelayMs(200);  
			
			i = i +1;
		
		}	

			LCDclear();
			ADGO=1;
			while(ADGO)continue;
			ADIF=0;
			adcvalue=(ADRESH << 8) + ADRESL;
			
			temperature = ((1/((-2.828570/(((100/20400)*adcvalue)+1.65))+.857143))+102.371);
			sprintf(outString,"%f",temperature);
			LCDwritestring(outString);
			ADON=0;
for(;;);

}

Well it would be the right way on your desktop, but embedded systems (especially small embedded systems like yours) restrict the scope of certain library functions.

One typical thing you see is that unknown conversions are simply stripped of the % character (so %f simply becomes a 'f', as you observe).

Maybe there is some other float to string function, or you can convert the float into two integers which you can then print?

Code:

int intPart = temperature;
int fracPart = ((int)( temperature * 1000 )) % 1000;
sprintf("%d.%03d", intPart, fracPart );