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

[Mike Miller]

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #57663 (project octave):

The current documentation looks right to me. I think your change would make
the text incorrect.

By way of example,


>> printf ("%.20g\n", 1e16)
10000000000000000
>> printf ("%.20g\n", 1e20)
1e+20


In this example, the precision is 20 digits. The style of "%e" is used when
the exponent is greater than or equal to 20, otherwise the "%f" style is
used.

Do you have an example that shows why you think the current doc test is in
error?

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