NAME display - set and/or return decimal digits for displaying numbers SYNOPSIS display([d]) TYPES d integer >= 0 return integer DESCRIPTION When given an argument, this function sets the maximum number of digits after the decimal point to be printed in real or exponential mode in normal unformatted printing (print, strprint, fprint) or in formatted printing (printf, strprintf, fprintf) when precision is not specified. The return value is the previous display digit value. When given no arguments, this function returns the current display digit value. The builtin function: display(d) display() is an alias for: config("display", d) config("display") The display digit value does not change the stored value of a number. It only changes how a stored value is displayed. Where rounding is necessary to display up to d decimal places, the type of rounding to be used is controlled by config("outround"). EXAMPLE ; print display(), 2/3 20 ~0.66666666666666666667 ; print display(40), 2/3 20 ~0.6666666666666666666666666666666666666667 ; print display(5), 2/3 40 ~0.66667 LIMITS d >= 0 LINK LIBRARY none SEE ALSO config ## Copyright (C) 2004 Landon Curt Noll ## ## Calc is open software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under ## the terms of the version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License ## as published by the Free Software Foundation. ## ## Calc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY ## or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General ## Public License for more details. ## ## A copy of version 2.1 of the GNU Lesser General Public License is ## distributed with calc under the filename COPYING-LGPL. You should have ## received a copy with calc; if not, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc. ## 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. ## ## @(#) $Revision: 29.2 $ ## @(#) $Id: display,v 29.2 2006/05/07 07:25:46 chongo Exp $ ## @(#) $Source: /usr/local/src/cmd/calc/help/RCS/display,v $ ## ## Under source code control: 2004/07/25 23:50:40 ## File existed as early as: 2004 ## ## chongo /\oo/\ http://www.isthe.com/chongo/ ## Share and enjoy! :-) http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/