in reply to Using (s)printf()
I keep
http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=Using%20(s)printf()&lastnode_id=954
bookmarked, since it is by far the most helpful s/printf resource I have found to date.
So: having shmoozed, care to take a question ? -) I have been working with the folks who are rewriting Math::BigFloat, and we have come to a (partial) disagreement. I am of the opinion that zero should be represented, in scientific notation, with exponent == 0; i.e. by something like '0e0'. This belief is at least in part due to the fact that every printf I've encountered renders
printf '%e\n' 0
as something like
0.000000e+00
Does this representation seem reasonable to you? Is this behavior specified anywhere?
TIA, Tom_Roche@ncsu.edu
http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=Using%20(s)printf()&lastnode_id=954
bookmarked, since it is by far the most helpful s/printf resource I have found to date.
So: having shmoozed, care to take a question ? -) I have been working with the folks who are rewriting Math::BigFloat, and we have come to a (partial) disagreement. I am of the opinion that zero should be represented, in scientific notation, with exponent == 0; i.e. by something like '0e0'. This belief is at least in part due to the fact that every printf I've encountered renders
printf '%e\n' 0
as something like
0.000000e+00
Does this representation seem reasonable to you? Is this behavior specified anywhere?
TIA, Tom_Roche@ncsu.edu
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(tye)Re: Using (s)printf()
by tye (Sage) on Apr 23, 2001 at 23:36 UTC |
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