Name: MHTML::DECIMAL-PLACES
Section:
Arithmetic Operators
Synopsis:
Description:
Controls the number of decimal places which arithmetic functions produce. The default value of this variable is 2
, but for times when you need greater resolution in your calculations, you may wish to set it higher.
<set-var mhtml::decimal-places = 10>
9 / 3.0 = <div 9 3.0>
10 / 3.0 = <div 10 3.0>
9 / 3 = <div 9 3>
10 / 3 = <div 10 3>
<unset-var mhtml::decimal-places>
9 / 3.0 = <div 9 3.0>
10 / 3.0 = <div 10 3.0>
9 / 3 = <div 9 3>
10 / 3 = <div 10 3>
produces:
9 / 3.0 = 3.0000000000
10 / 3.0 = 3.3333333333
9 / 3 = 3.0000000000
10 / 3 = 3.3333333333
9 / 3.0 = 3.00
10 / 3.0 = 3.33
9 / 3 = 3
10 / 3 = 3
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