Re: Float to String

[Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com>]

Pascal Obry wrote:

> I was wondering if there is a way to save a float into a string and
> read it back without loosing precision ?
> 
> I tried something like:
> 
> F_Str : String (1 .. Float'Base'Digits);
> 
> Float_Text_IO.Put (F_Str, My_Float, Aft => Float'Base'Digits);
> 
> But this is not enough... Ideas ?

GNAT's Float_IO uses "String (1 .. 3 * Field'Last + 2)".

You could combine that with "Aft => Field'Last, Exp => Field'Last" and 
see if that helps.

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