which is the best format specifier(data type) if i have to work with
decimal number.
also please tell me the syntax for truncating a decimal number
please reply as soon as possible
23  9800  ne**********@ya hoo.co.in said:
which is the best format specifier(data type) if i have to work with
decimal number.
There is no such thing as a "decimal number". Numbers are numbers. But
presumably you mean that you wish to display a number using decimal
notation, and your reference to a format specifier suggests that you wish
to do this using printf.
If you have an int type, use %d or %i. For short int and long int, apply
the appropriate modifiers, as listed in your C book (in K&R2 they're on
page 244). For unsigned int types, use %u rather than %d or %i.
If you wish to display a floating point type, use %f.
also please tell me the syntax for truncating a decimal number
This depends on what you mean by "truncate" and on what type of value you
wish to truncate (and particularly on whether you want the stored value to
be truncated, or merely the displayed value).
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:50:57 +0000, Richard Heathfield
<rj*@see.sig.in validwrote:
>There is no such thing as a "decimal number". Numbers are numbers. But
presumably you mean that you wish to display a number using decimal
notation, and your reference to a format specifier suggests that you wish
to do this using printf.
A tiny point. The Standard does use the term "decimal number" in the
section on strftime(). Its meaning is exactly what you wrote about
display, but I would avoid writing that there is no such thing as ....
You know that there is always an exception. ;-)
Robert W Hand said:
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:50:57 +0000, Richard Heathfield
<rj*@see.sig.in validwrote:
>>There is no such thing as a "decimal number". Numbers are numbers. But
presumably you mean that you wish to display a number using decimal
notation, and your reference to a format specifier suggests that you wish
to do this using printf.
A tiny point. The Standard does use the term "decimal number" in the
section on strftime(). Its meaning is exactly what you wrote about
display, but I would avoid writing that there is no such thing as ....
You know that there is always an exception. ;-)
The fact that the Standard uses the term "decimal number" does not mean
there is such a thing as a decimal number. It merely means that the people
who wrote that part of the Standard think there is such a thing as a
decimal number.
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In article <RO************ *************** ***@bt.com>,
Richard Heathfield <rj*@see.sig.in validwrote:
>Robert W Hand said:
>On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:50:57 +0000, Richard Heathfield
<rj*@see.sig.i nvalidwrote:
>>>There is no such thing as a "decimal number". Numbers are numbers. But
presumably you mean that you wish to display a number using decimal
notation, and your reference to a format specifier suggests that you wish
to do this using printf.
A tiny point. The Standard does use the term "decimal number" in the
section on strftime(). Its meaning is exactly what you wrote about
display, but I would avoid writing that there is no such thing as ....
You know that there is always an exception. ;-)
The fact that the Standard uses the term "decimal number" does not mean
there is such a thing as a decimal number. It merely means that the people
who wrote that part of the Standard think there is such a thing as a
decimal number.
I will leave it to my esteemed colleague, Mr. Twink, to give this post
all the respect that it deserves.
On 18 Feb 2008 at 3:22, Kenny McCormack wrote:
In article <RO************ *************** ***@bt.com>,
Richard Heathfield <rj*@see.sig.in validwrote:
>>Robert W Hand said:
>>On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:50:57 +0000, Richard Heathfield
<rj*@see.sig. invalidwrote:
There is no such thing as a "decimal number". Numbers are numbers. But
presumabl y you mean that you wish to display a number using decimal
notation, and your reference to a format specifier suggests that you wish
to do this using printf.
A tiny point. The Standard does use the term "decimal number" in the
section on strftime(). Its meaning is exactly what you wrote about
display, but I would avoid writing that there is no such thing as ....
You know that there is always an exception. ;-)
The fact that the Standard uses the term "decimal number" does not mean
there is such a thing as a decimal number. It merely means that the people
who wrote that part of the Standard think there is such a thing as a
decimal number.
I will leave it to my esteemed colleague, Mr. Twink, to give this post
all the respect that it deserves.
It would be nice to say something funny and cutting, but Heathfield's
post is so far off into la-la land that it's beyond the power of parody
to match the absurdity of the post itself... Still, it must be fun in a
way to be Heathfield, completely unconstrained by reality.
On Feb 16, 11:40*pm, neha_chha...@ya hoo.co.in wrote:
which is the best format specifier(data type) if i have to work with
decimal number.
The best format specifier for a decimal number depends upon how you
want
to use it. If you want to display a normal signed integer , you can
use "%d"
unsigned integer "%u".
Some times the when you print addresses using %d it will show as
negative,
but we know that addresses cant be negative. So we should use %u as
format
specifier.
As you know numbers can be signed or unsigned and the value
it can hold depends upon the type we use it. Also if you want
large values, you have to use appropriate data types and correspoding
format specifiers according to that. for eg.
int - %d
long - %ld
double - %lf
float - %f
hex -%x.
for the rest you can refer this link http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoce...specifiers.htm
also please tell me the syntax for truncating a decimal number
if you mean to say display after truncating a decimal number,
then you can use the format specifiers used for float.
please reply as soon as possible
Keith Thompson wrote:
... unsigned long is very
often the same size as unsigned long, but it's not guaranteed.
Is this the Schroedinger C compiler we're talking about here?
Keith Thompson said:
Richard Heathfield <rj*@see.sig.in validwrites:
>vh************@ gmail.com said:
<snip>
>>Some times the when you print addresses using %d it will show as
negative,
Don't print addresses using %d. Addresses are pointer values, so use %p.
Use %p *after* converting the value to void*.
Whoops, I forgot to mention that.
<snip>
>Actually, %x takes an int, not a hex. C doesn't have a hex type.
Actually, %x takes an unsigned int.
4.9.6.1 of C89:
d, i, o, u, x, X The int argument is converted to signed decimal ( d
or i ), unsigned octal ( o ), unsigned decimal ( u ), or unsigned
hexadecimal notation ( x or X );
Sure looks like int to me.
<snip>
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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:22:37 +0000, Richard Heathfield wrote:
Keith Thompson said:
>Richard Heathfield <rj*@see.sig.in validwrites:
>>Actually, %x takes an int, not a hex. C doesn't have a hex type.
Actually, %x takes an unsigned int.
4.9.6.1 of C89:
d, i, o, u, x, X The int argument is converted to signed decimal ( d
or i ), unsigned octal ( o ), unsigned decimal ( u ), or unsigned
hexadecimal notation ( x or X );
Sure looks like int to me.
Interesting. C99 7.19.6.1p8:
o,u,x,X The _unsigned int_ argument is converted to unsigned octal (o),
unsigned decimal (u), or unsigned hexadecimal notation (x or X)
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