Given a variable of float type, how to output it with 3 digits after the decimal point, using iostream in C++?
we now see that the format specifier "%. 2f" tells the printf method to print a floating point value (the double, x, in this case) with 2 decimal places. Similarly, had we used "%. 3f", x would have been printed rounded to 3 decimal places.
The integer type variable is normally used to hold the whole number and float type variable to hold the real numbers with fractional parts, for example, 2.449561 or -1.0587. Precision determines the accuracy of the real numbers and is denoted by the dot (.) symbol.
Use setf
and precision
.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main () {
double f = 3.14159;
cout.setf(ios::fixed,ios::floatfield);
cout.precision(3);
cout << f << endl;
return 0;
}
This prints 3.142
This one does show "13.142"
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
int main(){
double f = 13.14159;
cout << fixed;
cout << setprecision(3) << f << endl;
return 0;
}
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