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2015-01-24T21:58:58Z

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	'''Example:'''		'''Example:'''
	<~~lsl~~>		<source lang="lsl2">
	string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699, 3, TRUE);<br /> //rounded		string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699, 3, TRUE);<br /> //rounded
	//returns "-7.14"		//returns "-7.14"
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	string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699, 3, FALSE);<br /> //not rounded		string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699, 3, FALSE);<br /> //not rounded
	//returns "-7.13"		//returns "-7.13"
	</~~lsl~~>		</source>
	\|spec=<~~lsl~~>string Float2String ( float num, integer places, integer rnd) {		\|spec=<source lang="lsl2">string Float2String ( float num, integer places, integer rnd) {
	//allows string output of a float in a tidy text format		//allows string output of a float in a tidy text format
	//rnd (rounding) should be set to TRUE for rounding, FALSE for no rounding		//rnd (rounding) should be set to TRUE for rounding, FALSE for no rounding
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	return llGetSubString((string)num, 0, places);		return llGetSubString((string)num, 0, places);
	return (string)num;		return (string)num;
	}</~~lsl~~>		}</source>
	\|deepnotes=Inspired by (and evolved from) discussions between {{User\|Cheree Bury}} & {{User\|Domino Marama}} in the SL Scripting Forum July 2008 at http://forums-archive.secondlife.com/54/15/267884/1.html, with optional rounding added (that part being inspired by work by various authors here: [[Fixed_Precision]] )		\|deepnotes=Inspired by (and evolved from) discussions between {{User\|Cheree Bury}} & {{User\|Domino Marama}} in the SL Scripting Forum July 2008 at http://forums-archive.secondlife.com/54/15/267884/1.html, with optional rounding added (that part being inspired by work by various authors here: [[Fixed_Precision]] )
	\|cat1=Examples		\|cat1=Examples
	}}		}}

Strife Onizuka at 21:50, 21 May 2012

2012-05-21T21:50:36Z

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	rnd (rounding) should be set to [[TRUE]] for Rounding, [[FALSE]] for no rounded<br />		rnd (rounding) should be set to [[TRUE]] for Rounding, [[FALSE]] for no rounded<br />

	Example:<~~br /~~>		'''Example:'''
			<lsl>
	string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699, 3, TRUE);<br /> //rounded		string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699, 3, TRUE);<br /> //rounded
	returns -7.14		//returns "-7.14"

	string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699, 3, FALSE);<br /> //not rounded		string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699, 3, FALSE);<br /> //not rounded
	returns -7.13		//returns "-7.13"
			</lsl>
	\|spec=<lsl>string Float2String ( float num, integer places, integer rnd) {		\|spec=<lsl>string Float2String ( float num, integer places, integer rnd) {
	//allows string output of a float in a tidy text format		//allows string output of a float in a tidy text format

Cerise Sorbet at 11:32, 9 April 2010

2010-04-09T11:32:35Z

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	return (string)num;		return (string)num;
	}</lsl>		}</lsl>
	\|deepnotes=Inspired by (and evolved from) discussions between {{User\|Cheree Bury}} & {{User\|Domino Marama}} in the SL Scripting Forum July 2008 at http://forums.secondlife.com/~~showthread~~.~~php?t=267884~~, with optional rounding added (that part being inspired by work by various authors here: [[Fixed_Precision]] )		\|deepnotes=Inspired by (and evolved from) discussions between {{User\|Cheree Bury}} & {{User\|Domino Marama}} in the SL Scripting Forum July 2008 at http://forums-archive.secondlife.com/54/15/267884/1.html, with optional rounding added (that part being inspired by work by various authors here: [[Fixed_Precision]] )
	\|cat1=Examples		\|cat1=Examples
	}}		}}

Strife Onizuka: cleaned up source

2008-10-09T03:10:23Z

cleaned up source

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	if (rnd) {		if (rnd) {
	~~string neg = "";~~
	~~if (num < 0.0) neg = "-";~~
	float f = llPow( 10.0, places );		float f = llPow( 10.0, places );
	integer i = llRound(llFabs(num) * f);		integer i = llRound(llFabs(num) * f);
	string s = "00000" + (string)i; // number of 0s is (value of max places - 1 )		string s = "00000" + (string)i; // number of 0s is (value of max places - 1 )
	return ~~neg~~ + (string)( (integer)(i / f) ) + "." + llGetSubString( s, -places, -1);		if(num < 0.0)
	}		return "-" + (string)( (integer)(i / f) ) + "." + llGetSubString( s, -places, -1);
	~~else {~~		return (string)( (integer)(i / f) ) + "." + llGetSubString( s, -places, -1);
	~~if (places == 0)~~
	return (string)((integer)~~num );~~
	~~else~~
	if ( ~~(places = (places - 7 - (places < 1~~) ) ~~) & 0x80000000) {~~
	~~return~~ llGetSubString(~~(string)num~~, 0, ~~places);~~
	}
	~~return (string~~)~~num~~;
	}		}
			if (!places)
			return (string)((integer)num );
			if ( (places = (places - 7 - (places < 1) ) ) & 0x80000000)
			return llGetSubString((string)num, 0, places);
			return (string)num;
	}</lsl>		}</lsl>
	\|deepnotes=Inspired by (and evolved from) discussions between {{User\|Cheree Bury}} & {{User\|Domino Marama}} in the SL Scripting Forum July 2008 at http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=267884, with optional rounding added (that part being inspired by work by various authors here: [[Fixed_Precision]] )		\|deepnotes=Inspired by (and evolved from) discussions between {{User\|Cheree Bury}} & {{User\|Domino Marama}} in the SL Scripting Forum July 2008 at http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=267884, with optional rounding added (that part being inspired by work by various authors here: [[Fixed_Precision]] )
	\|cat1=Examples		\|cat1=Examples
	}}		}}

Strife Onizuka at 03:08, 9 October 2008

2008-10-09T03:08:03Z

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	//rnd (rounding) should be set to TRUE for rounding, FALSE for no rounding		//rnd (rounding) should be set to TRUE for rounding, FALSE for no rounding

	~~string neg = "";~~
	~~if (num < 0.0) neg = "-";~~
	if (rnd) {		if (rnd) {
			string neg = "";
			if (num < 0.0) neg = "-";
	float f = llPow( 10.0, places );		float f = llPow( 10.0, places );
	integer i = llRound(llFabs(num) * f);		integer i = llRound(llFabs(num) * f);
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	else {		else {
	if (places == 0)		if (places == 0)
	return ~~neg +~~ (string) ((integer)num );		return (string)((integer)num );
	else		else
	if ( (places = (places - 7 - (places < 1) ) ) & 0x80000000) {		if ( (places = (places - 7 - (places < 1) ) ) & 0x80000000) {
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	return (string)num;		return (string)num;
	}		}
	~~else~~
	}</lsl>		}</lsl>
	\|deepnotes=Inspired by (and evolved from) discussions between {{User\|Cheree Bury}} & {{User\|Domino Marama}} in the SL Scripting Forum July 2008 at http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=267884, with optional rounding added (that part being inspired by work by various authors here: [[Fixed_Precision]] )		\|deepnotes=Inspired by (and evolved from) discussions between {{User\|Cheree Bury}} & {{User\|Domino Marama}} in the SL Scripting Forum July 2008 at http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=267884, with optional rounding added (that part being inspired by work by various authors here: [[Fixed_Precision]] )
	\|cat1=Examples		\|cat1=Examples
	}}		}}

Strife Onizuka at 14:33, 18 September 2008

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	string neg = "";		string neg = "";
	if (num < 0.0) neg = "-";		if (num < 0.0) neg = "-";
	~~if (places == 0) {~~		if (rnd) {
	~~return neg + (string) ((integer)num );~~
	}
	~~else~~ if (rnd) {
	float f = llPow( 10.0, places );		float f = llPow( 10.0, places );
	integer i = llRound(llFabs(num) * f);		integer i = llRound(llFabs(num) * f);
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	}		}
	else {		else {
			if (places == 0)
			return neg + (string) ((integer)num );
			else
	if ( (places = (places - 7 - (places < 1) ) ) & 0x80000000) {		if ( (places = (places - 7 - (places < 1) ) ) & 0x80000000) {
	return llGetSubString((string)num, 0, places);		return llGetSubString((string)num, 0, places);

Strife Onizuka at 14:19, 18 September 2008

2008-09-18T14:19:42Z

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	{{LSL ~~Header}} __NOTOC__~~		{{LSL Function
	~~<div id~~=~~"box">~~		\|func=Float2String
	== ~~Function: [[string]] Float2String([[~~float~~]] {{LSL Param~~\|num~~}}, [[~~integer~~]] {{LSL Param~~\|places~~}} , [[string]] {{LSL Param~~\|rnd~~}});~~ ==		\|mode=user
	~~<div style~~=~~"padding: 0.5em;">~~		\|p1_type=float\|p1_name=num\|p1_desc=number to be formatted
	~~Allows string output of a~~ float in a tidy text format, with optional rounding.		\|p2_type=integer\|p2_name=places\|p2_desc=number of places to use during formatting
			\|p3_type=integer\|p3_name=rnd\|p3_desc=boolean, enables/disables rounding
	Negative floats are fine (i.e. negative signs will be preserved.)<br />		\|return_type=string
			\|return_text=that contains the float '''num''' in a tidy text format, with optional rounding.
			\|func_footnote=Negative floats are fine (i.e. negative signs will be preserved.)<br />
	If you say 1 place, you will get 7.0 instead of 7.0000000<br />		If you say 1 place, you will get 7.0 instead of 7.0000000<br />
	If you say 3 places, you get 7.14 instead of 7.1400000<br />		If you say 3 places, you get 7.14 instead of 7.1400000<br />
	7.1373699 will come out as 7.13 or 7.14, depending on whether you specify rounding<br />		7.1373699 will come out as 7.13 or 7.14, depending on whether you specify rounding<br />
	rnd (rounding) should be set to ~~"Rounded"~~ for ~~Yes~~, "" for ~~not~~ rounded<br />		rnd (rounding) should be set to [[TRUE]] for Rounding, [[FALSE]] for no rounded<br />

	Example:<br />		Example:<br />

	string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699,3,~~"Round"~~);<br /> //rounded		string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699, 3, TRUE);<br /> //rounded
	returns -7.14		returns -7.14

	string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699,3,"");<br /> //not rounded		string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699, 3, FALSE);<br /> //not rounded
	returns -7.13		returns -7.13
			\|spec=<lsl>string Float2String ( float num, integer places, integer rnd) {

	~~</div></div>~~
	~~<div id="box">~~
	=~~= Specification ==~~
	~~<div style="padding: 0.5em;">~~
	<lsl>string Float2String ( float num, integer places, ~~string~~ rnd) {
	//allows string output of a float in a tidy text format		//allows string output of a float in a tidy text format
	//rnd (rounding) should be set to ~~"Rounded"~~ for ~~Yes~~, "" for ~~not rounded~~		//rnd (rounding) should be set to TRUE for rounding, FALSE for no rounding

	string neg = "";		string neg = "";
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	return neg + (string) ((integer)num );		return neg + (string) ((integer)num );
	}		}
	else if (rnd != "~~Yes~~") {		else if (rnd) {
			float f = llPow( 10.0, places );
			integer i = llRound(llFabs(num) * f);
			string s = "00000" + (string)i; // number of 0s is (value of max places - 1 )
			return neg + (string)( (integer)(i / f) ) + "." + llGetSubString( s, -places, -1);
			}
			else {
	if ( (places = (places - 7 - (places < 1) ) ) & 0x80000000) {		if ( (places = (places - 7 - (places < 1) ) ) & 0x80000000) {
	return llGetSubString((string)num, 0, places);		return llGetSubString((string)num, 0, places);
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	return (string)num;		return (string)num;
	}		}
	else {		else
	~~float f = llPow( 10.0, places );~~
	~~integer i = llRound(llFabs(num) * f);~~
	~~string s = "00000" + (string)i; // number of 0s is (value of max places - 1 )~~
	~~return neg + (string)( (integer)(i / f) ) + "." + llGetSubString( s, -places, -1);~~
	}
	}</lsl>		}</lsl>
	~~</div></div>~~		\|deepnotes=Inspired by (and evolved from) discussions between {{User\|Cheree Bury}} & {{User\|Domino Marama}} in the SL Scripting Forum July 2008 at http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=267884, with optional rounding added (that part being inspired by work by various authors here: [[Fixed_Precision]] )
			\|cat1=Examples
	Inspired by (and evolved from) discussions between Cheree Bury & Domino Marama in the SL Scripting Forum July 2008 at http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=267884, with optional rounding added (that part being inspired by work by various authors here: ~~https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/~~Fixed_Precision )		}}

	~~{{LSLC~~\|Examples~~\|Float2String~~}}

Strife Onizuka at 04:15, 13 July 2008

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	{{LSL Header}} __NOTOC__		{{LSL Header}} __NOTOC__
	<div id="box">		<div id="box">
	== Function: [[string]] Float2String([[float]] {{LSL Param\|num}}, [[integer]] {{LSL Param\|places}} , [[~~str~~]] {{LSL Param\|rnd}}); ==		== Function: [[string]] Float2String([[float]] {{LSL Param\|num}}, [[integer]] {{LSL Param\|places}} , [[string]] {{LSL Param\|rnd}}); ==
	<div style="padding: 0.5em;">		<div style="padding: 0.5em;">
	Allows string output of a float in a tidy text format, with optional rounding.		Allows string output of a float in a tidy text format, with optional rounding.

Chaz Longstaff: New page: {{LSL Header}} NOTOC
== Function: string Float2String(float {{LSL Param|num}}, integer {{LSL Param|places}} , str {{LSL Param|rnd}}); ==
string Float2String(float {{LSL Param|num}}, integer {{LSL Param|places}} , str {{LSL Param|rnd}}); == <div style="padd...

New page
{{LSL Header}} NOTOC
<div id="box">
== Function: [[string]] Float2String([[float]] {{LSL Param|num}}, [[integer]] {{LSL Param|places}} , [[str]] {{LSL Param|rnd}}); ==
<div style="padding: 0.5em;">
Allows string output of a float in a tidy text format, with optional rounding.

Negative floats are fine (i.e. negative signs will be preserved.)<br />
If you say 1 place, you will get 7.0 instead of 7.0000000<br />
If you say 3 places, you get 7.14 instead of 7.1400000<br />
7.1373699 will come out as 7.13 or 7.14, depending on whether you specify rounding<br />
rnd (rounding) should be set to "Rounded" for Yes, "" for not rounded<br />

Example:<br />

string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699,3,"Round");<br /> //rounded
returns -7.14

string myFormattedFloat = Float2String(-7.1373699,3,"");<br /> //not rounded
returns -7.13

</div></div>
<div id="box">
== Specification ==
<div style="padding: 0.5em;">
<lsl>string Float2String ( float num, integer places, string rnd) {
//allows string output of a float in a tidy text format
//rnd (rounding) should be set to "Rounded" for Yes, "" for not rounded

string neg = "";
if (num < 0.0) neg = "-";
if (places == 0) {
return neg + (string) ((integer)num );
}
else if (rnd != "Yes") {
if ( (places = (places - 7 - (places < 1) ) ) & 0x80000000) {
return llGetSubString((string)num, 0, places);
}
return (string)num;
}
else {
float f = llPow( 10.0, places );
integer i = llRound(llFabs(num) * f);
string s = "00000" + (string)i; // number of 0s is (value of max places - 1 )
return neg + (string)( (integer)(i / f) ) + "." + llGetSubString( s, -places, -1);
}
}</lsl>
</div></div>

Inspired by (and evolved from) discussions between Cheree Bury & Domino Marama in the SL Scripting Forum July 2008 at http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=267884, with optional rounding added (that part being inspired by work by various authors here: https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Fixed_Precision )

{{LSLC|Examples|Float2String}}