Question Decimal formatting

[anandknr]

Hi all,

A basic question here - I have some difficulty in understanding a format usage of ">" Vs "9".

For example; why below two statement outputs different values ?

string(3.1634567,'>>>>>.99<<<<<') is 3.163457 and
string(3.1634567,'>>>>>.999<<<<') is 3.1634567

 

[Cringer]

That looks like a bug to me.

 

[KrisM]

try this one

string(3.1634567,'>>>>>.9<<<<<<')

 

[Cringer]

Ah yes another bug. There seem to be quite a few bugs surrounding decimal formatting.

 

[GregTomkins]

The second one isn't a bug, if you define "correct" as "following the documentation":

http://documentation.progress.com/o...g/Query Results for UNIX/17rpunxapc.51.5.html

' The < symbols must be balanced by an equal or greater number of > symbols to the left of the decimal.'

I suspect the first one is similar, though I'm not smart/motivated enough to figure it out for sure. In any case, this whole area is annoying for sure.

 

[Cringer]

That's a ridiculous restriction. Why can't they just pad the format if it's inbalanced?

 

[tamhas]

After all, the compiler knows what you are thinking, right?