PrintDbl

Tcl_PrintDouble(3)          Tcl Library Procedures          Tcl_PrintDouble(3)



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NAME
       Tcl_PrintDouble - Convert floating value to string

SYNOPSIS
       #include <tcl.h>

       Tcl_PrintDouble(interp, value, dst)

ARGUMENTS
       Tcl_Interp   *interp   (in)      Before   Tcl  8.0,  the  tcl_precision |
                                        variable  in  this  interpreter   con- |
                                        trolled  the  conversion.   As  of Tcl |
                                        8.0, this argument is ignored and  the |
                                        conversion   is   controlled   by  the |
                                        tcl_precision  variable  that  is  now |
                                        shared by all interpreters.

       double       value     (in)      Floating-point  value to be converted.

       char         *dst      (out)     Where  to  store  string  representing
                                        value.   Must  have  at least TCL_DOU-
                                        BLE_SPACE characters of storage.
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DESCRIPTION
       Tcl_PrintDouble generates a string that represents the value  of  value
       and  stores it in memory at the location given by dst.  It uses %g for-
       mat to generate the string, with one special twist: the string is guar-
       anteed  to  contain  either a ``.'' or an ``e'' so that it doesn't look
       like an integer.  Where %g would generate an integer  with  no  decimal
       point, Tcl_PrintDouble adds ``.0''.


KEYWORDS
       conversion, double-precision, floating-point, string



Tcl                                   8.0                   Tcl_PrintDouble(3)