outflt

VARKON Version 1.15 1997-10-24

outflt - Procedure

Write float to a file

Description

Converts a float to a string, formats and writes the result to an open file or pipe.

Syntax

outflt(f, x, width, precision)

FILE f;

FLOAT x;

INT width;

INT precision;

Principal parameters

f - The name of a filevariable accociated with a file open for write, append or update (W, A or U)

x - The float to write

Optional parameters

width - Controls the amount of padding. If width is less than the actual space required no padding

   is performed. If width is larger than the space required the result is padded with blanks.

   The sign of width controls weather padding is done on the left side of the result (+) or the

   right side (-).

precision - Controls the number of decimal places. A value of -1 gives E-notation.

Examples

See the in-memory float to string conversion routine str() for examples.

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f	- The name of a filevariable accociated with a file open for write, append or update (W, A or U)
x	- The float to write

width	- Controls the amount of padding. If width is less than the actual space required no padding
	is performed. If width is larger than the space required the result is padded with blanks.
	The sign of width controls weather padding is done on the left side of the result (+) or the
	right side (-).
precision	- Controls the number of decimal places. A value of -1 gives E-notation.