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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.dd**T** │
            │    999995000000 - 999995000       │ ddd.dd**G** │
            │       999995000 - 999995          │ ddd.dd**M** │
            │          999995 - 999.995         │ ddd.dd**K** │
            │         999.995 - 0.005           │ ddd.dd  │
            │           0.005 - -0.005          │   **0.00** │
            │          -0.005 - -99.95          │ -dd.dd  │
            │         -99.995 - -99995          │ -dd.dd**K** │
            │          -99995 - -99995000       │ -dd.dd**M** │
            │       -99995000 - -99995000000    │ -dd.dd**G** │
            │    -99995000000 - -99995000000000 │ -dd.dd**T** │
            │        < -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)](../man3/printf.3.html)

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