Thread: cout << double

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    cout << double

    Hi,

    When I use cout to print a double it only shows the first few digits of the mantissa. Why is that? How could I make it print the whole thing?

    Seron

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    Use the setprecision modifier.
    Code:
    double foo = 1.123456
    cout << setprecision(3) << foo << endl;
    cout << setprecision(7) << foo << endl;
    Output:
    1.12
    1.123456

    -Prelude
    My best code is written with the delete key.

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    aaaha,
    Thanks man!

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