note 93600 added to function.round
| From: | Bevan at osu1 dot php dot net | Date: | Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:24:15 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 93600 added to function.round | ||
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Formats a number to the specified number of significant figures.
<?php
/**
* Formats numbers to the specified number of significant figures.
*
* @author Bevan Rudge, Drupal.geek.nz
*
* @param number $number
* The number to format.
* @param integer $sf
* The number of significant figures to round and format the number to.
* @return string
* The rounded and formatted number.
*/
function format_number_significant_figures($number, $sf) {
// How many decimal places do we round and format to?
// @note May be negative.
$dp = floor($sf - log10(abs($number)));
// Round as a regular number.
$number = round($number, $dp);
// Leave the formatting to format_number(), but always format 0 to 0dp.
return number_format($number, 0 == $number ? 0 : $dp);
}
?>
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