Thread: Decimal places

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    Decimal places

    Continuation of http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showthread.php?t=93851

    This is the code I was advised and which works well.
    Code:
    double iTotal;
    char Total[64];
    TCHAR chTotal[64];
    
    sprintf(Total, "%f", iTotal);
    wsprintf(chTotal, "%s", Total);
    SetDlgItemText(hwndDlg, nControl, chTotal);
    It return the value with 6 decimal places even if all of those decimal places are 0. So the result of 36 looks like 36.000000
    Also if I try to type more then 6 decimal places it shows no more then 6.

    What shall I do now with it? Shall I try some other conversion of types or a method which return only certain number of decimals?

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    There is a default for %f on how many decimal places it displays, you can control it by specifiying something like "%6.2" - this will give you two decimal places, and the number will be filled with spaces on the right side to make it 6 positions in total.

    If you ONLY want decimal places, "%.2f" will give you two decimal places.

    I hope this helps.

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    Yes it work all right thx...

    But now I realize there is a problem that the number of decimal places is not constant. I am wondering how to use a variable carring the number of decimals in this case.

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    Assuming your sprintf is "compatible", you could do:

    Code:
    int positions, decimals;
    ...
    positions = 6;
    decimals=2;
    ....
    sprintf(str, "%*.*f", positions, decimals, value);
    ....
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    Cool now it seems to work without a problem

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