float parameters

[INDO]

could somebody please give me a clue as to how I can reduce the number of digits from a float when giving a write out command i.e. for a float that gives currency as an answer?

rather than 2.6799346 I would like 2.67.

many thanks
Indo

 

[hnd]

Try
value=2.676123456;
printf("%7.2f",value);

there are more Format specifier for integers,floats,chars,strings.....

hnd
hasso55@yahoo.com

 

[dextersmonkey]

you could using the following format specifiers

cout.setf(ios::showpoint, ios::floatfield);
cout.setf(ios::fixed);
cout<<setprecision(2);

any floating point output will show to 2 digits of precision.

you have to include iomanip.h for setprecision to work
the first 2 lines are taken care of by the ios class which is a base class of iostream.h used for i/o in c++

 

[pranavjosh]

Try &quot;The complete reference&quot; c++ which gives idea about
the formatting of the float,string and much more.If u want u can also download the programs from the net