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From: Pascal Obry <obry@act-europe.fr>
Subject: Re: Float to String
Date: 13 Nov 2004 17:55:51 +0100
Date: 2004-11-13T17:55:51+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <uis898z8o.fsf@act-europe.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 220c7e104b45a9c8f59f8adbbb88f08d@localhost.talkaboutprogramming.com


"Ginduskina" <luminis_stella@hotmail.com> writes:

> Hello. This may seem a syupid question, given the kind of replies users
> have posted so far yet, but.... I can't understand how to pass from float
> to string.. i don't need much precision, 

The way to do that is quite easy:

   Str : constant String := Float'Image (3.4);

And from a String to a Float:

   F : constant Float := Float'Value (Str);

But, as discussed in this thread, you are going to loose precision.

Pascal.

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2004-11-13 16:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-08 17:06 Float to String Pascal Obry
2004-11-08 18:29 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2004-11-08 19:03 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-11-08 20:13 ` David C. Hoos
2004-11-08 20:18 ` David C. Hoos
2004-11-09  0:40   ` John B. Matthews
2004-11-09  5:24     ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2004-11-08 21:29 ` Nick Roberts
2004-11-09 17:58   ` Peter Hermann
2004-11-10  9:38     ` Peter Hermann
2004-11-10 12:12       ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-11-09  8:39 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-11-09 18:17   ` Pascal Obry
2004-11-10  8:53     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-11-10 11:15       ` Samuel Tardieu
2004-11-10 14:35         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-11-10 15:00         ` Peter Hermann
2004-11-10 15:35         ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-11-10 16:35           ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-11-10 17:28             ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-11-11 15:25               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-11-11 16:40                 ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-11-11 18:31                   ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-11-11 22:27                     ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-11-12 12:19                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2004-11-12 14:55                         ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-11-10  5:05 ` Steve
2004-11-10 15:37   ` Pascal Obry
2004-11-10 16:29     ` Alex R. Mosteo
2004-11-10 16:48       ` Pascal Obry
2004-11-10 18:02         ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-11-10 19:40           ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-11-10 21:04             ` Marius Amado Alves
2004-11-11  3:33     ` Steve
2004-11-11  7:51       ` tmoran
2004-11-11 12:32         ` Pascal Obry
2004-11-11 15:53           ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2004-11-11 16:17             ` Pascal Obry
2004-11-11 17:36             ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-11-12  0:01               ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2004-11-12  0:30                 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-11-11 12:30       ` Pascal Obry
2004-11-13 16:37 ` Ginduskina
2004-11-13 18:41   ` Björn Lundin
2004-11-13 16:39 ` Ginduskina
2004-11-13 16:49   ` Simon Wright
2004-11-13 16:53   ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
2004-11-13 16:55   ` Pascal Obry [this message]
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