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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: printf("%g\n", .000010);
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Date: 29 May 91 01:53:23 GMT
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Is there a way to print numbers less than 10^-4 in decimal notation
without trailing zeros?  For example, I want printf("%g\n", .000010)
to be printed as .00001.  %g uses the %e format if numbers are less
than 10^-4.

-Mike