On 2017-01-28 11:25, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> Cc: 25557@debbugs.gnu.org >> From: Clément Pit--Claudel >> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2017 11:18:44 -0500 >> >> I'm trying to get the shortest representation of a decimal number, rounded to .01, not using scientific/exponential notation. I'm using values computed in ELisp to produce CSS style sheets, which until recently didn't allow for exponential notation. I'd like these stylesheets to be readable, so 100% is better 100.00%, and 3.35em is better than 3.35004em. If my code is fed a value of 5000px, I don't want it converted to 5e+3px, because many browsers don't know how to parse that. > > Then I think you want to use %d for integral values and %.2f for the > rest. No, that still won't do: it wouldn't format 3.0 as "3", if I understand correctly. But I also think this is a minor matter, and there are many more pressing problems and exciting areas :) Thanks for your help and patience, Eli! Cheers, Clément.