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From: jdg@hpqtdla.HP.COM (James Gentles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: formatted output
Message-ID: <1270019@hpqtdla.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Jun 90 10:50:50 GMT
References: <735@ncrwat.Waterloo.NCR.COM>
Organization: HP, Queensferry Telecomms, Scotland
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Your formatter sounds very good, how about a simpler idea if you
havent thought of it already. When you try to get a 'nice' output
you can set the 28's MODE to STD,FIX etc for the best results but
that means that all output adopts that format. The following simple
program allows you to "FIX" a number to a string in any format, whilst
the 28 remains in the format it started in.

NFMT (short for number format)
<< RCLF 3 ROLLD EVAL ->STR SWAP STOF >>

For example (28 in STD mode)
Stack on entry:
2:  1.8888888888
1:     <<4 FIX>>

NFMT

Stack on exit:
1:      "1.8888"

You can put anything in the program in level 1 of the stack, DEC or OCT
for example. Granted this system is a lot simpler that an all encompasing
formatter, but it should improve your output

Regards
James

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Name:         James Gentles   GM4WZP
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