George Gwilt schreef: > |Still hoping someone will write a routine to print/display |large > |and very small numeric values in a readable way; I can read > |'9,876,543,210.00' but not 9.87653954E9 :( > > The FPU on a Q40 can produce numbers up to about 24 significant digits in BCD > format. I used that to print FP numbers of up to that size. I haven't got a Q40 and I don't know anything about 'digits in BCD format'. > > An integer held as a QL variable is restricted to 2^31 (or so). Thus the > number 9876543210 can only be held in the QL in fp format. But the mantissa > is not long enough to hold all 10 digits so you could never expect to print > them all. However, it is quite easy to print as many significant digits as > are available, and with preceding or succeeding zeroes (as many as you like) > to replace the rather nasty 34E40 notation. > > I'm sure I have done this in the past, but never thought it worth while > publishing it! It would be worth while, I think. François Van Emelen
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