frealstr

#frealstr

##Syntax frealstr ( r : real, width, fractionWidth : int ) : string

##Description The frealstr function is used to convert a real number to a string. For example, frealstr (2.5e1, 5, 1)="_b_25.0" where b represents a blank. The string is an approximation to r, padded on the left with blanks as necessary to a length of width.

The number of digits of the fraction to be displayed is given by fractionWidth.

The width must be non-negative. If the width parameter is not large enough to represent the value of r, it is implicitly increased as needed.

The _fractionWidth_must be non-negative. The displayed value is rounded to the nearest decimal equivalent with this accuracy. In the case of a tie, the value is rounded to the next larger value. The result string is of the form:

If the leftmost digit is zero, then it is the only digit to the left of the decimal point.

The frealstr function approximates the inverse of strreal, although round-off errors keep these from being exact inverses.

            {blank} [-]{digit}. {digit}

##See also the erealstr.html, realstr.html, strreal.html, intstr.html and strint.html functions.