• Rygel (9/9) May 21 2016 Hi there. I'm a beginners, so my questions could be silly.
• Era Scarecrow (5/11) May 21 2016 I'm not sure how to globally set the number of output
• =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= (24/33) May 21 2016 There are two kinds of precision to talk about in this case:
• Rygel (1/1) May 21 2016 Ah, ok, got it. thx you all.

Rygel <rygel ryygel.com> writes:

Hi there. I'm a beginners, so my questions could be silly.

	double x1 = 7.0;
	double x2 = 3.0;
	writeln(x1 / x2);

from this code i get:

2.33333

this is ok but how can i get more digits? For example:

2.333333333.....

thx :-)

Era Scarecrow <rtcvb32 yahoo.com> writes:

On Saturday, 21 May 2016 at 21:45:19 UTC, Rygel wrote:
 Hi there. I'm a beginners, so my questions could be silly.

 	double x1 = 7.0;
 	double x2 = 3.0;
 	writeln(x1 / x2);

 this is ok but how can i get more digits? For example:

 2.333333333.....

  I'm not sure how to globally set the number of output 
characters, but you can force it with formatting.

   writefln("%.10g", x1 / x2); //floating point with 10 digits of 
precision

=?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:

On 05/21/2016 02:45 PM, Rygel wrote:
 Hi there. I'm a beginners, so my questions could be silly.

      double x1 = 7.0;
      double x2 = 3.0;
      writeln(x1 / x2);

 from this code i get:

 2.33333

 this is ok but how can i get more digits? For example:

 2.333333333.....

 thx :-)

There are two kinds of precision to talk about in this case:

1) The value: You can't do anything about the precision other than 
picking a more precise type. ('real' has more precision than 'double'.)

2) The display: You can display the value more precisely with a format 
specifier like "%.10f" (with 10 digit precision):

import std.stdio;
import std.string;

void main() {
     double x1 = 7.0;
     double x2 = 3.0;

     pragma(msg, format("%s has %s-digit precision",
                        double.stringof, double.dig));

     writeln("Printing with too many digits:");
     writefln("%.30f", x1 / x2);

     static const betterFormatSpec = format("%%.%sf", double.dig);
     writefln("Printing with just the right amount precision:");
     writefln("(The format string used is \"%s\".)", betterFormatSpec);
     writefln(betterFormatSpec, x1 / x2);
}

In any case, watch Don Clugston's DConf 2016 presentation as an 
eye-opener and great entertainment:

   http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/86406491/highlight/699207

Ali

Rygel <rygel ryygel.com> writes:

Ah, ok, got it. thx you all.