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Re: Turning off sci.notation?

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Subject: Re: Turning off sci.notation?
From: Eirik Karlsen <eikarlse at online dot no>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:45:43 +0200
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Joseph,

    y=99.9990000
    data=Format(y,"#####")
returns "100"

    y=9.99990000
    data=Format(y,"#####")
returns "10"

    y=9999.90000
    data=Format(y,"#####")
returns "10000"


As one of the RB team I'm sure you'll have a good and perfectly
logic explanation to why this happens...
But in the examples above, no matter how 'logical' they doesn't
really capture the INTENT of the programmer.
However Format works very well with integers.

"Joseph J. Strout" wrote:

> At 9:56 PM +0200 4/27/05, Eirik Karlsen wrote:
>
> >No, doesn't work.
> >The Format won't handle floating point number 'properly' because
> >of the x.xxxxxxx notation. Also there are rounding errors....
>
> Because of the what?  I've never seen a number that Format won't
> format properly... can you give a simple example?
>
> Best,
> - Joe
>
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