[Jprogramming] decimal conversions

[Björn Helgason]

 14j5 ": 3.12
       3.12000
  14j1 ": 3.12
           3.1


2006/11/18, Pascal Jasmin <godspiral2000 at yahoo.ca>:
>
> I would like a verb f such that f returns a literal that is exactly the
> number that was typed.  ie:
>
>     f 3.12
> 3.12
>     f 3.120
> 3.120
>
>     ": 3.12
> 3.1200000000000001
>
>
> I need this info to simply count the number of decimals given, so if there
> is an alternate way of doing this, and the above is impossible, then help is
> appreciated.
>
>
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