Do it yourself... there aren't any better Float routines in Palm OS.
Alan Pinstein
Synergy Solutions, Inc.
http://www.synsolutions.com
1-800-210-5293
>I have an application that is basically a calculator.
>It takes user input, runs some floating point equations
>and places the result in a Field control on a form.
>I used the float to string conversion from the FAQ
>(attached below). However, it wants to keep the
>numbers in exponential notation when I assign
>them to a string. My output will always be between
>0 and 1 (ie 0.98)
>
>How do get this floating point number into a
>string in a custom format?
>
>TIA,
>
>Paul Fearn
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>NEW: How do I convert a float or
> double to a string? Alternately, how
> do I convert a string to a float or
> double? (9/16/98)
>
> The current implementation of the Palm OS
>(Version 3.0) does
> not have direct support to convert between
>floats/doubles and
> strings. You can, however, use the NewFloatMgr.c
>FlpFToA
> and FlpAToF functions to convert between the data
>types.
>
> Because FlpFToA and FlpAToF use the FlpDouble
>data type,
> you have to use an FlpCompDouble datatype to
>convert
> between your float/double and an FlpDouble. Below
>is a code
> example that shows how to properly use
>FlpCompDouble.
>
> Note that older versions of the Palm OS and
>Codewarrior for
> Palm Computing platform required that you use
>special data
> types for handling floating point numbers. As of
>Palm OS 2.0
> and Codewarrior Release 4, you can use the
>standard C float
> and double datatypes.
>
> Also note that you will need to include the
>NewFloatMgr.h
> header file in your project in order to use
>FlpFToA and
> FlpAToF.
>
>
> RectangleType theRect;
> FlpCompDouble theCompFloat;
> char theString[80];
> float theFloat;
>
> // Convert a string to a float
> theCompFloat.fd = FlpAToF( "12345.678" );
> theFloat = theCompFloat.d;
>
> // Convert a float to a string
> theCompFloat.d = 1234.678;
> FlpFToA( theCompFloat.fd, theString );
