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From: putz@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Eric Putz)
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Subject: pascal writeln format error?
Keywords: pascal,writeln
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Date: 9 Jan 90 20:25:31 GMT
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I am having a problem getting writeln to output a number with a decimal value
of 0, not in the 'e' format, and am not sure if this is a compiler bug, or
a feature of pascal. I have tried the following lines with the following 
results:

	writeln(1.0:1:1) gives me 1.0

	writeln(1.0:1:0) gives me 1.0e+00.

What I was hoping for was 1 when writeln was given a decimal value of 0. 
All other decimal values I have tried (> 0) have worked correctly. The 
compiler I am using is MIPS Pascal 2.0 (from RISC/os4.00 & cmplrs2.0) on 
an M2000. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
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