Re: Avoid printing leading zero
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- Subject: [mg100758] Re: Avoid printing leading zero
- From: computer algebra <mike.honeychurch at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:02:31 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <h0sc2a$hi2$1@smc.vnet.net>
On Jun 11, 8:46 pm, Jos=E9 Lorenzana <lorenzana.j... at gmail.com> wrote:
> How do you avoid printing the leading zero in -0.03?
> I need to construct the string "-.03" .
>
> Something like this does not work:
> ToString at NumberForm[-0.3, {0, 2}]
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Jos=E9
StringDrop[ToString[-0.03], {2}]