>>>>> "Rodrigo" == Rodrigo Ventura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rodrigo> Hello all,
Rodrigo> is there a way to get rid of the "d"s and the "f"s when format (~a
or
Rodrigo> ~f) prints doubles and floats? Setting *read-default-float-format*
to
Rodrigo> 'double-float helps, since doubles are printed properly (i.e., with
Rodrigo> "e"s), but simple floats are printed with "f"'s.
Rodrigo> The problem is that foreign software doesn't like floats printed
with
Rodrigo> "f"s or "d"s instead of the *common* "e"s (e.g., gnuplot).
If you can live with using ~e to write your floats, you can try
something like
(format t "~,,,,,,'ee" pi) => 3.141592653589793e+0
(format t "~,,,,,,'ee" 42.0f0)=> 4.2e+1
Otherwise, I'm not really sure there's a portable way to do that.
This will at least make gnuplot happy.
Ray
