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PMNUMBERSTR(3)          Library Functions Manual          PMNUMBERSTR(3)

NAME         top

       pmNumberStr, pmNumberStr_r - fixed width output format for
       numbers

C SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcp/pmapi.h>

       const char *pmNumberStr(double value);
       char *pmNumberStr_r(double value, char *buf, int buflen);

       cc ... -lpcp

DESCRIPTION         top

       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.

NOTES         top

       pmNumberStr returns a pointer to a static buffer and hence is not
       thread-safe.  Multi-threaded applications should use
       pmNumberStr_r instead.

SEE ALSO         top

       printf(3)

COLOPHON         top

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