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PMNUMBERSTR(3) Library Functions Manual PMNUMBERSTR(3)
pmNumberStr, pmNumberStr_r - fixed width output format for numbers
#include <pcp/pmapi.h> const char *pmNumberStr(double value); char *pmNumberStr_r(double value, char *buf, int buflen); cc ... -lpcp
pmNumberStr returns the address of a 8-byte buffer that holds a null-byte terminated representation of value suitable for output with fixed width fields. The pmNumberStr_r function does the same, but stores the result in a user-supplied buffer buf of length buflen, which should have room for at least 8 bytes. The value is scaled using multipliers in powers of ``one thousand'' (the decimal ``kilo'') and has a bias that provides greater precision for positive numbers as opposed to negative numbers. The format depends on the sign and magnitude of value as follows (d represents a decimal digit): ┌───────────────────────────────────┬─────────┐ │ value range │ format │ ├───────────────────────────────────┼─────────┤ │ > 999995000000000 │ inf? │ │ 999995000000000 - 999995000000 │ ddd.ddT │ │ 999995000000 - 999995000 │ ddd.ddG │ │ 999995000 - 999995 │ ddd.ddM │ │ 999995 - 999.995 │ ddd.ddK │ │ 999.995 - 0.005 │ ddd.dd │ │ 0.005 - -0.005 │ 0.00 │ │ -0.005 - -99.95 │ -dd.dd │ │ -99.995 - -99995 │ -dd.ddK │ │ -99995 - -99995000 │ -dd.ddM │ │ -99995000 - -99995000000 │ -dd.ddG │ │ -99995000000 - -99995000000000 │ -dd.ddT │ │ < -99995000000000 │ -inf? │ └───────────────────────────────────┴─────────┘ At the boundary points of the ranges, the chosen format will retain the maximum number of significant digits.
pmNumberStr returns a pointer to a static buffer and hence is not thread-safe. Multi-threaded applications should use pmNumberStr_r instead.
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