Thanks Steve, could you answer me this, Ksep and Dsep are globals but what
are they? Char?
Thanks,
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: Float Manager.
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> >I get this list as an email, not a threaded bulletin board or news group.
> >Therefore, I can't search the archives.
>
> Here you go, slightly stripped down. Probably needs modification for
> doubles and precision. Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Regards,
> Steve Mann
>
> # # #
>
> /************************************
> * FloatToString
> * Convert a floating point # to a localized string.
> * Put the result in global string tempStr.
> * If its length exceed maxDigits, shorten it and insert ">" to
> indicate overflow
> * Ksep & DSep are globals containing thousands and decimal separators
> ************************************/
>
> void FloatToString ( float val, UInt8 precision, UInt8 maxDigits ) {
>
> UInt32 ival, ival2;
> float fval;
> Int16 i, offset;
> Char part2 [10], remainder [10];
>
> // get the LHS of the floating point number
>
> ival = ( long ) val;
> StrIToA ( tempStr, val ); // make it a string, put into global tempStr
>
> // get the fractional part. max precision = 7
>
> if ( precision > 0 ) {
>
> part2 [ 0 ] = Dsep;
> part2 [ 1 ] = NULL;
>
> StrCat ( tempStr, part2);
> fval = val - ival; // get fractional part
> part2 [ 0 ] = NULL;
>
> // add leading zeros to the fractional part
>
> if ( fval > 0.0 ) {
>
> for ( i = 0; i < 7; i++ ) {
> fval = fval * 10.0;
> if ( fval < 1.0 )
> StrCat ( part2, "0" );
> }
>
> // convert the rest of the fractional part to a usable integer and
> add it to the string
>
> ival2 = ( long ) ( fval ); // convert
> remainder to integer
> StrIToA ( remainder, ( long ) ival2 ); // add to string
> StrCat ( part2, remainder );
> }
>
> // zero fill the fraction to the right with trailing zeros
>
> for ( i = StrLen ( part2 ); i < 7; i++ )
> StrCat ( part2, "0" );
>
> // truncate the fractional part if necessary, to the prefsP->precision.
>
> if ( precision < StrLen ( part2 ) )
> part2 [ precision ] = NULL;
>
> // add the fraction to the final result
>
> StrCat ( tempStr, part2 );
> }
>
> // the number is too large for conversion, fill it with overflow
indicators
>
> if ( StrLen ( tempStr ) > maxDigits ) {
>
> for ( i = 0; i < StrLen ( tempStr ); i++ ) {
> if (( tempStr [ i ] >= '0' ) && ( tempStr [ i
> ] <= '9' ))
> tempStr [ i ] = '>';
> }
>
> // now shorten it so it fits
>
> offset = StrLen ( tempStr ) - maxDigits;
> for ( i = 0; i <= ( maxDigits + 1 ); i++ ) {
> tempStr [ i ] = tempStr [ i + offset ];
> } } }
>
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