Thread: Formatting in c++

is there any way to remove the zero before the decimal point?
instead of 0.33
it would print .33

sure, use:

Code:

cout << ".33";

poorly stated questions give you poor answers.

however, here is an alternative:

Code:

#include<iostream>
#include<sstream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{

        float x = 0.33;
        stringstream ss;
        ss << x;
        cout << ss.str().substr(1,ss.str().length()) << endl;
}

maybe create a function that takes in a float and returns the string with the leading character (assumed to be a zero) removed?

Code:

std::string a("0.33");

a = a.substr(a.find("."));