Hi!

When I use write or writeln to output some float number on terminal or textfile, it usually print out the float with very long scientific notation. Can I just change the output format? such as keep only 3 significant digits.

Thank you!

This message was edited by earth_walker at 2003-7-1 11:31:16

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Hi! I find the routine FormatFloat.

However, is there any way for me to make the positive number have the same length as its opposite negative number/
for example, if we use the format string '0.000E+00' to 1234, the result will be '1.234E+03'. However, if use this format string to -1234, result will be '-1.234E+03', how can I make the result string of 1234 to ' 1.234E+03'?

Thank you!

For example, if I want all Integer output 4 digits, can I convert 28 to ' 28' instead of '28'?

Thank you!

: For example, if I want all Integer output 4 digits, can I convert 28 to ' 28' instead of '28'?
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: Thank you!
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The following code will work in both cases:

  s := some number conversion;
  while Length(s) < SomeLength do
    s := ' ' + s;

Thus in case of an integer it becomes:

  s := IntToStr(28);
  while Length(s) < 4 do
    s := ' ' + s;

If you want to have an output of 0028, you can also use the Format() statement:

  s := Format('%.4d', [28]);

Thank you!