From: Tomas Nordin <tomasn@posteo.net>
To: Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: bike shifting - output decimal in percent
Date: Sun, 19 May 2019 10:15:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874l5qoo67.fsf@fliptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8636laswgg.fsf@zoho.eu>
Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> writes:
> Tomas Nordin wrote:
>
>> Why not just use good old %f?
>>
>> (format "%.0f%%" (* 0.127 100)) ;; -> "13%"
>
> Congrats, it works:
>
> ;; (format "%.0f%%" (* 0.01 100)) ; "1%"
> ;; (format "%.0f%%" (* 0.1 100)) ; "10%"
> ;; (format "%.0f%%" (* 1 100)) ; "100%"
> ;; (format "%.0f%%" (* 2 100)) ; "200%"
>
>> Or respecting SI recommendations:
>>
>> (format "%.0f %%" (* 0.127 100)) ;; -> "13 %"
>
> Maybe if DIN recommended the same thing...
Straigh from the almighty Wikipedia:
"In German, the space is prescribed by the regulatory body in the
national standard DIN 5008."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent_sign
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-19 8:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-05-19 1:34 bike shifting - output decimal in percent Emanuel Berg
2019-05-19 3:50 ` Drew Adams
2019-05-19 3:57 ` Drew Adams
2019-05-19 4:09 ` Drew Adams
2019-05-19 7:05 ` Emanuel Berg
2019-05-19 7:35 ` Emanuel Berg
2019-05-19 7:53 ` Tomas Nordin
2019-05-19 8:02 ` Emanuel Berg
2019-05-19 8:15 ` Tomas Nordin [this message]
2019-05-19 8:26 ` Emanuel Berg
2019-05-19 14:26 ` Drew Adams
2019-05-19 14:15 ` Drew Adams
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