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08-04-2024, 02:49 PM
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(08-04-2024, 02:37 PM)bplus Wrote: I am curious
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Print Using "##.##^^^^"; 12345.6789123
What do those "^"'s do?
They are tin foil hats to keep aliens from viewing your output!
Actually: ^^^^ tells PRINT USING to print the answer in exponential format.
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(08-04-2024, 03:03 PM)Kernelpanic Wrote: As Pete has already written. Five ^ results in a three-digit exponent output - but then it's over. Sex is no longer acceptable!
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Dim As Double a
a = 12345.6
Print Using "##.##^^^^"; a
Print Using "##.##^^^^"; 12345.6
Print Using "##.##^^^^^"; 12345.6
That's why I avoid PRINT USING, so I don't miss out on 'sex'.
I'm not sure what my latest string math post was, but I think this post included my way to convert to SI without using PRINT USING.
https://qb64phoenix.com/forum/showthread...36#pid5236
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Well guys, the whole idea behind BASIC is to figure out how to code it from scratch. PRINT USING relies on a builtin library, and Jack's neat example is a C library; so you really cannot ascertain matters of complexity when you are not really looking under the hood.
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