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Re: Print with limited precision

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  • Subject: [mg51108] Re: [mg51097] Print with limited precision
  • From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 04:36:52 -0400 (EDT)
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   zz = -27.9873554;
   NumberForm[zz, {4, 2}]
-27.99

But zz itself is not affected; only the way it displayed was changed.

Steve Gray wrote:
> There must be some built-in function to print out decimal quantities with say
> 2 digits of precision to the right of the point. I want quantities such
> as zz= -27.9873554 to print as -27.99, etc., but keeping the real precision
> internally. I could write one easily enough but I would think there is
> already such a thing. This seems trivial but I can't find how to do it in Help, etc.
> 
> Steve Gray
> 
> 
> 

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