7 replies to this topic

[PixelToast]

any way to prevent it?
my program is converting a string into a number and if its too long it will start corrupting

[Pharap]

Is the number solid and is rounding it acceptable?

If so you can probably convert is to xX10^y number eg 1.58295X10^8 would be 158295000. To get around this in CC(since lua doesn't have a dictionary/hashtable to my knowledge), you could add a decimal point in the string then log the decimal places to a variable and multiply the converted string by 10 to the power of the variable later.

would that be of any use?

[MysticT]

If the problem is displaying it or converting it to a string, you can use string.format instead of tostring:

local s = string.format("%f", theNumber)
print(s)

Not tested, but I think it will work.

[Zelman89]

I am using that same code and still having issues.

amount = 12345678.123456879
local s = string.format("%f", amount)
print(s)

and it returns 1.2345678123456879E7

Any idea on how I can print a large number with out it going to scientific notation?

[Grim Reaper]

From the first Google search, I got this link: http://stackoverflow...ntific-notation

Here is the code they use:

print (string.format ("%18.0f", number))

A comment on the answer also seems useful:

Quote

You can omit the width; "%.0f" will use exactly as many digits as needed.

Not tested, but it got good responses on stack overflow.

[MR_nesquick]

amount = bc.number(12345678.123456789)

this may work if CC supports it

[Zelman89]

with that number I still get Scientific notation... I am still going to write a program and just hope I never get a math answer that big...

[PixelToast]

my god, ancient post
my problem was solved, i used the bigNum API i remember now, i rewrote the crappy encryption algorithm not to output the entire string as a number, but if you are having problems use bignum