RE: [PHP] Changing numbers
| From: | Roger B.A Klorese | Date: | Mon, 21 Jul 2003 21:16:47 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Changing numbers | ||
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> From: justin gruenberg [mailto:justin@ice.kewlio.net]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Changing numbers
>
>
> Curt Zirzow wrote:
>
> >* Thus wrote zavaboy (zavaboy@hotmail.com):
> >
> >
> >>I have the following numbers:
> >>
> >>12.400
> >>666.75
> >>23
> >>369.2
> >>3.234
> >>
> >>How can I make them have at least 2 decimal places?
> >>So, they will output:
> >>
> >>12.40
> >>666.75
> >>23.00
> >>269.20
> >>3.234
> >>
> >>Thanks in advance!
> >>
>
> What I dont understand is that your examples are not consitant. You
> want 2 or more decimal positions, so as if there are more than 2, to
> leave what exists. But your first example, you truncate the
> last 0. Is
> that a typo, or intentional?
What's so hard about this?
He wants two or more *significant* positions preserved. Show to at least
two decimal places, trailing zeroes truncated beyond the 2nd decimal place.