Controlling precision of floating-point values
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <math.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
double root2 = sqrt( 2.0 );
int places;
cout << setiosflags( ios::fixed)
<< "Square root of 2 with precisions 0-9.\n"
<< "Precision set by the "
<< "precision member function:" << endl;
for ( places = 0; places <= 9; places++ ) {
cout.precision( places );
cout << root2 << "\n";
}
cout << "\nPrecision set by the "
<< "setprecision manipulator:\n";
for ( places = 0; places <= 9; places++ )
cout << setprecision( places ) << root2 << "\n";
return 0;
}Displaying floating-point values in system default, scientific and fixed formats
#include <iostream>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
using std::fixed;
using std::scientific;
int main()
{
double x = 0.001234567;
double y = 1.946e9;
cout << "Displayed in default format:" << endl << x << "\t" << y << endl;
cout << "\nDisplayed in scientific format:" << endl << scientific << x << "\t" << y << endl;
cout << "\nDisplayed in fixed format:" << endl << fixed << x << "\t" << y << endl;
return 0;
}Displayed in default format:
0.00123457 1.946e+009
Displayed in scientific format:
1.234567e-003 1.946000e+009
Displayed in fixed format:
0.001235 1946000000.000000
Displaying numbers in scientific notation
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <limits>
using std::cout;
using std::endl;
using std::setprecision;
using std::numeric_limits;
int main() {
const double pi = 3.14;
cout << endl;
for(double radius = .2 ; radius <= 3.0 ; radius += .2)
cout << "radius = "
<< setprecision(numeric_limits<double>::digits10 + 1)
<< std::scientific << radius<< " area = "
<< std::setw(10) << setprecision(6)<< std::fixed << pi * radius * radi
us << endl;
return 0;
}radius = 2.0000000000000001e-001 area = 0.125600
radius = 4.0000000000000002e-001 area = 0.502400
radius = 6.0000000000000009e-001 area = 1.130400
radius = 8.0000000000000004e-001 area = 2.009600
radius = 1.0000000000000000e+000 area = 3.140000
radius = 1.2000000000000000e+000 area = 4.521600
radius = 1.3999999999999999e+000 area = 6.154400
radius = 1.5999999999999999e+000 area = 8.038400
radius = 1.7999999999999998e+000 area = 10.173600
radius = 1.9999999999999998e+000 area = 12.560000
radius = 2.1999999999999997e+000 area = 15.197600
radius = 2.3999999999999999e+000 area = 18.086400
radius = 2.6000000000000001e+000 area = 21.226400
radius = 2.8000000000000003e+000 area = 24.617600
ios::right|ios::scientific|ios::showpoint
#include <iostream.h>
main(void)
{
float a=100100.0, b=0.08;
cout.setf(ios::right|ios::scientific|ios::showpoint);
cout.width(20);
cout <<(-a*b);
return 0;
}-8.008000e+003
Normal (default) mode; only show 5 digits, including both sides of decimal point
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <string>
using namespace std;
int main( ) {
ios_base::fmtflags flags = cout.flags( );
double pi = 3.14285714;
cout << "pi = " << setprecision(5) << pi << "\n";
cout.flags(flags);
}pi = 3.1429
