From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: float convertion
Date:	Thu, 18 Jun 1998 08:44:21 -0700
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Michael Hecht wrote:

>   float  f = 3.14159;
>   double d = 3.1415926543;
>   char   sf[256];               /* this should be enough */
>   char   sd[256];               /* this should be enough */
> 
>   sprintf(sf,"%.6f",f);
>   sprintf(sd,"%.8lf",d);

Actually, the format specifier in the ...printf routines is %f for both
floats and doubles.  It's the ...scanf family in which they differ.

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