compiler/clib/gcvt.c

   1 /*
   2     Copyright © 1995-2003, The AROS Development Team. All rights reserved.
   3     $Id$
   4
   5     ANSI C function gcvt().
   6 */
   7
   8 #include <stdio.h>
   9
  10 /*****************************************************************************
  11
  12     NAME */
  13 #include <stdlib.h>
  14
  15         char * gcvt (
  16
  17 /*  SYNOPSIS */
  18         double    number,
  19         int       ndigit,
  20         char    * buf
  21         )
  22
  23 /*  FUNCTION
  24         Converts a number to a minimal length NULL terminated ASCII string.
  25         It produces ndigit significant digits in either printf F format or
  26         E format.
  27
  28     INPUTS
  29         number  - The number to convert.
  30         ndigits - The number of significan digits that the string has to have.
  31         buf     - The buffer that will contain the result string.
  32
  33     RESULT
  34         The address of the string pointed to by buf.
  35
  36     NOTES
  37
  38     EXAMPLE
  39
  40     BUGS
  41
  42     SEE ALSO
  43         ecvt(), fcvt(), sprintf()
  44
  45     INTERNALS
  46
  47 ******************************************************************************/
  48 {
  49     sprintf (buf, "%.*G", ndigit, number);
  50
  51     return buf;
  52 } /* sprintf */
  53