Date: Thu, 5 Sep 1996 11:16:34 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "x DOT pons AT cc DOT uab DOT es" <ILGES AT cc DOT uab DOT es>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: printf format string question
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On Wed, 4 Sep 1996, x DOT pons AT cc DOT uab DOT es wrote:

> How can specify a width fixed to 3 for the exponent of double variables
> in printf format strings? That is to say, I want an output like
>   3.2345E+034
>   3.2345E+134

I don't think this is possible, at least not in ANSI C.  The ANSI 
standard says the exponent will always have at least 2 digits, but 
promises nothing else, and no flags are provided to have any control 
whatsoever on the exponent field.