• Trass3r (8/8) Feb 24 2011 Why doesn't this work:
• Lars T. Kyllingstad (5/15) Feb 25 2011 That is because %x is for formatting integers. If you want a hex

Trass3r <un known.com> writes:

Why doesn't this work:

import std.stdio;
void main()
{
	float a,b=0;
	writefln("%x %x", a, b);
}

std.format.FormatError: std.format floating

"Lars T. Kyllingstad" <public kyllingen.NOSPAMnet> writes:

On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:27:39 -0500, Trass3r wrote:

 Why doesn't this work:
 
 import std.stdio;
 void main()
 {
 	float a,b=0;
 	writefln("%x %x", a, b);
 }
 
 std.format.FormatError: std.format floating

That is because %x is for formatting integers.  If you want a hex 
representation of a floating-point number, use %a.

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/phobos/std_format.html

-Lars