Setprecision

[cerial-killer]

How do u set the precision for float variables using Visual C++ 6.0,

I tried this:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
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using namepsace std;
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float something = 1.111;
cout << fixed << showpoint;
cout << setprecision(2) << something;

this didn't work so i tried this:

cout(setf(ios::fixed,ios::floatfield);
cout.setf(ios::showpoint);

which didn't work either.

Any suggestions how to get it to work?

[Brighteyes]

This works for me on Visual C++ 6.0

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    float f = 1.1111;

    cout.setf(ios_base::fixed, ios_base::floatfield);
    cout<< setprecision(2) << f <<endl;
}

[RoD]

output:

Enter float: 7.8

Variable is formatted two places:
61.54
Press any key to continue

code:

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
	float variable;

	cout << "Enter float: ";
	cin >> variable;

	variable *= 7.89;

	cout << setiosflags(ios::fixed | ios::showpoint | ios::right)
		 << setprecision(2);

	cout <<"\nVariable is formatted two places: " << endl;

	cout << variable << endl;

	return 0;
}