Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From:	manni DOT heumann AT gmx DOT de (Manni Heumann)
Subject:	Re: Help /w setting flags in DJGPP V2.03
References:	<0jSiOBNKEJft98TO9fks5mc=53xA AT 4ax DOT com>
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Date:	Thu, 10 Feb 2000 09:18:11 GMT
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In article <0jSiOBNKEJft98TO9fks5mc=53xA AT 4ax DOT com>, Buddy_Rich <BRich AT mail DOT com> wrote:
>I have the latest version of DJGPP from Delorie.com , v2.03.
>
>Anyways I can't set output flags for a file
>
>I code   file.setf(ios::showpoint, ios::fixed);
>             file.setf(ios::floatfield);
>             
>             file << setprecision(2);
>
>With these flags my output shouldn't be in scientific notation and my
>precision is to 2 decimal places.  It compilies cleanly yet my output
>file still shows scientific notation. 
>
>I am thinking I might not have installed DJGPP right, since the same
>code works in Borland at school.  Was my seting of flags Borland
>specific?
>

I'm not sure what solution is closer to the standard. But here is, what I 
would do in DJGPP c++:

file.setf (ios::fixed, ios::floatfield); // Sets the bit "fixed" in 
"floatfield"

file.precision (2); // Is self-explanatory.


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Manni

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