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boundary="OCXnHIOEteEAXU6S477oW1a8jpgGA9Qae"; protected-headers="v1" From: =?UTF-8?Q?Cl=c3=a9ment_Pit--Claudel?= To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: 25557@debbugs.gnu.org Message-ID: <1b896eed-9041-83d3-bd46-cde7e534223e@live.com> Subject: Re: bug#25557: Documentation of format doesn't describe "g" accurately References: <78ace0d5-59f1-0d7d-1f0e-b589a947d76c@live.com> <83poj7zika.fsf@gnu.org> <83a8abyzqs.fsf@gnu.org> In-Reply-To: <83a8abyzqs.fsf@gnu.org> --OCXnHIOEteEAXU6S477oW1a8jpgGA9Qae Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2017-01-28 10:23, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Cc: 25557-done@debbugs.gnu.org >> From: Cl=C3=A9ment Pit--Claudel >> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 10:04:33 -0500 >> >>>> On a related note, is there a way to get a shortest representation o= f a number? Something like %g, but without exponents. >>> >>> Sorry, I don't understand the question. How can you represent an >>> arbitrary number without exponents at all, except by %f? >> >> I'd like something like this (with a hypothetical %q): >> >> (format "%.3q" 3) =E2=87=92 "3" >> (format "%.3q" 3.00) =E2=87=92 "3" >> (format "%.3q" 3.30) =E2=87=92 "3.3" >> (format "%.3q" 3.05) =E2=87=92 "3.05" >> (format "%.3q" 3.352) =E2=87=92 "3.35" >> (format "%.3q" 3100000) =E2=87=92 "3100000" >> >> This is in fact just the same as 'g', except for the last entry (%g pr= oduces "3.1e+06"). Is this achievable? >=20 > Yes, if you use "%.7g". In general, use "%.Ng" if you want up to N > digits in the printed representation. >=20 > Does that answer your question? Almost: though this works for the last example, it breaks the one before = the last (I'm looking for a format specifier that would constrain the num= ber of decimals, not the number of digits, so that (format "%.3q" 30.352)= would produce "30.35" =E2=80=94 maybe all these examples should have had= %.2q instead of %.3q, in fact). --OCXnHIOEteEAXU6S477oW1a8jpgGA9Qae-- --8r7eLjaxM0WEwQ0H85DWxlVetXGveSU9I Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJYjLyFAAoJEPqg+cTm90wjNWIQAKee56CqP+jiTvDaIHLh2wFM PKVMfNzOCIL/Sj3zrMtR4YWpaZXdNn62bCDnnk3GcsAh03l/NcKRtsKRhr7X1LQp dv9SIKLK9oPPRMVIPgfxZNOYNLmjKuNoxq5hiAl9wwkq3WePViZymyi+aMguGJMi /YDxIEorPNcL4eeX4NubJyifmheWsISS4n8qpA1CnY7LmUXU0zTEtVxezJiTNqc+ ozTVLFCRs2eJbPHBpNpcvVpRzCivpKN8EfRHOHL4KegYsKkVc+XqwsN7Pkzt3iKv GGtteoogptcYHFLL0ViB9X6LOANeJw/2MdzLUO8+Al5iCQPMQouXx/E+QKux4X+R Cqx8/4TtW7eS56ohHjwBpZG7NFI3lGrH5slAUd8QjAnCoP5BEc7MQmK976cPOuXj hx2PUs2qRhkY0coUm/MqHZNrjXbUMZgF5Ou7XjLUj/DbmtrSEA5hcQZVZycmfyLA GlV6tcaBX0k+EyR9E6UYl+MG/YPJZ5mKdT8OBHLRMJt0ZczZyZNK3SZTk/3sjJj5 W41FCrEBmSxRZYIQRopC4j/j4CYP/tEgjebs5vxRXN0YjJgv7iro+u5Q4mfQjIa+ fsLPS0yxY/WCroq3GhvDH/uWAlr/yOrGyMSvMclC7B9iZgLAOM0f7GUI9+EGmbe7 1SHj82jmT3jMAu+dGoOA =xWZU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8r7eLjaxM0WEwQ0H85DWxlVetXGveSU9I--