[Tutor] round so only see 2 digits

[Kojo Idrissa]

Thanks for the response Alan.  I may try to manipulate the 
string at the character level.

What I'm trying to do is perform a computation on a number 
(my age) to split it into three numbers, like a software 
version number (Major.Minor.Revision).  I'd like to have 
all three numbers be seperate, and then print them, but I 
may have to just add the Minor and Revision numbers 
together.

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 17:14:11 -0000 
  alan.gauld@bt.com wrote:
>> I've got a similar question:  How do I round a float to 
>>get 
>> rid of the leading zero before the decimal?  
>
>Its got nothing to do with rounding but is purely about 
>formatting. However I don't know of any way to do that 
>without actually manipulating the string at a character 
>level.
>
>Probably because its an extremely BAD thing to do 
>- it makes decimal numbers very hard to read and your 
>output 
>therefore very error prone...
>
>> Maybe I missed it?  That's quite probable.
>
>I doubt it, I just doubt that anyone ever considered 
>providing such a thing.
>
>Alan g.
>Author of the 'Learning to Program' web site
>http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld

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