how to set decimal places Borland C++ 3.0 compiler???

Note: this is is just a repeated question found under C Programming: I am very sorry, please delete the message found in C Programming.

Hello guys,

I am finding hard, what really the function to set the decimal places in two places using the compiler Borland C++ 3.0. I know already setprecission function that is found in the latest compiler such as borland c++ 4.5 or 5.5. But in Borland C++ 3.0 there is no function as setprecission found in the iomanip.h library.

I am using Borland C++ 3.0. Hope you can help me this thing.


Example:

Code:

---

#include <iostream.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <iomanip.h>

int main()

{
    float a, b, c, average;

    clrscr();
    while (a <= 3)
          {
              cout <<"Enter number: ";
              cin >> b;
              c = c + b;
              a++;
 
          }
     
      average = c / a;
      cout << average;
     
      getch();
      return 0; 
     

}

---

I want to display the output into two decimal places, I know the solution using setprecission such as:

Code:

---

cout << average << setprecission(2);

---

But the problem is I could not find setprecission in Borland C++ 3.0 compiler. Thanks in advance...

thatd be because it's spelled 'setprecision'

Hehehe, I am very sorry for the spelling...

Yap, when I compiled the program and run it, it gives me an error... When I browse the help of the iomanip.h library, there is no setprecision under Borland C++ 3.0... The only found in the help is the setp, setw, etc... But there is no setprecision there. I am using a DOS Borland C++.

Sorry for the ignorance..... Thanks again...

well... first I would suggest you get an up-to-date compiler... dev-c++ is a good free (as in free beer) IDE that uses the MingW port of GCC, and follows standards pretty well...

by "DOS Borland" I'm assuming you mean "command line" borland, and you're not actually running DOS

I got the solution, I have found it in the www.cplusplus.com;

Code:

---

cout << average << '%.2f';

---

oh yuck... I didn't even know that was possible... but... yuck... to like the 20th degree...

Code:

---

cout << average << '%.2f';

---

Does that actually work? I seriously doubt it because:

You can't have a string like '%.2f'; you need to use double quotes, like "%.2f".

Because of the way cout works, the ostream object that prints average has no knowlege of what follows it. The above code is the same as

Code:

---

cout.operator<<(average).operator<<('%.2f');

---

There's no way that it could know about the %.2f. %f is a format specifier from printf. It doesn't have anything to do with cout.

When you compile that code, you'll get an error. When you use double quotes and then re-compile it, you'll get output like this:

Code:

---

123.6%.2f

---

if average is 123.6.

[edit] As for your problem, you might want to try printf(), which is an old C function, but at least it will work (and it uses %.2f, unlike cout). [/edit]

>Does that actually work? I seriously doubt it because:
I doubt it even compiles.:rolleyes:

Did you read farther? It can't compile, unless the OP copied in incorrectly and it was meant to be double quotes, in which case it still wouldn't work because there's no way the first ostream could know about the second.

[edit] I suspect the OP saw in a (C) thread something like "To output only two decimal places, use %.2f", and then tried to do just that. [/edit]

I would suggest setprecision, but if your compiler is so old it doesn't have that, you might want to use printf().

Code:

---

#include <cstdio>  /* or <stdio.h> if your compiler doesn't have <cstdio> */
printf("%.2f", average);

---

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by dwks

Did you read farther? It can't compile, unless the OP copied in incorrectly and it was meant to be double quotes, in which case it still wouldn't work because there's no way the first ostream could know about the second.

[edit] I suspect the OP saw in a (C) thread something like "To output only two decimal places, use %.2f", and then tried to do just that. [/edit]

---

Well admittedly I missed the line where you said:
>You can't have a string like '%.2f'; you need to use double quotes, like "%.2f".

I interpreted:
>Does that actually work?
to mean not a compile error, but undesired output.:D