Thread: Setting decimal precision in fstream

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    Setting decimal precision in fstream

    How do you increase it from six decimal places? A programmer's reference book I have speaks of a precision(int p); function, but MSVC++6 doesn't seem to support it.

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    Code:
    #include <iostream>
    #include <iomanip>
    
    int main()
    {
      double d = 11.12345678901;
      std::cout.setf(std::ios::showpoint | std::ios::fixed);
      std::cout <<std::setprecision(11) <<d <<std::endl;
    }
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