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35 .Nd decimal percent formatters
41 .Fn strpct "char *buf" "size_t bufsiz" "uintmax_t numerator" "uintmax_t denominator" "size_t precision"
43 .Fn strspct "char *buf" "size_t bufsiz" "intmax_t numerator" "intmax_t denominator" "size_t precision"
47 function formats the fraction represented by
51 into a percentage representation with given number of digits of
53 without using floating point arithmetic.
58 always return a pointer to a NUL-terminated (unless
62 formatted string which
68 If there was an overflow, the formatted string will reflect that precision
71 .Bd -literal -offset indent
72 strpct(buf, buflen, 1, 16, 3);
74 strpct(buf, buflen, 1, 2, 0);
79 was originally implemented in
83 It printed into a static buffer, was not locale aware, handled
85 numbers, and printed a
87 at the end of the number.
88 Other programs such as
96 appeared separately in libutil for
99 .An Erik E. Fair Aq Mt fair@netbsd.org