[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57663] printf output doc error

[Francesco Potortì]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57663>

                 Summary: printf output doc error
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: pot
            Submitted on: Fri 24 Jan 2020 11:36:46 AM CET
                Category: Documentation
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Documentation
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 5.1.0
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

In the Floating-Point Conversion page I read:

   The ‘%g’ and ‘%G’ conversions print the argument in the style of
‘%e’ or ‘%E’ (respectively) if the exponent would be less than -4 or
greater than or equal to the precision; otherwise they use the ‘%f’
style.

The correct text should be something like:

   The ‘%g’ and ‘%G’ conversions print the argument in the style of
‘%e’ or ‘%E’ (respectively) if the exponent would be less than -4 or
greater 4; otherwise they use the ‘%f’ style.  In any case the precision
indicates the number of significant digits to use.





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