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Sorcrer
Sorcrer

Reputation: 1644

scanf - limit decimal places while reading

I know how to limit the decimal and integer while printing values in printf (%x.x ), In my scenario I want to implement that while reading from the console itslef.

So is there any way to llimit the number of decimals in a floating point value while reading using scanf function?

I tried below , doesn't show any errors while compiling but get's the value 0 always

float f1;
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scanf("%.3f",&f1);
printf("%3.3f\n",f1);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2970

Answers (2)

kuga
kuga

Reputation: 1765

If you check the documentation, it says

scanf:

A format specifier for scanf follows this prototype:

%[*][width][length]specifier

and compare it to printf:

A format specifier follows this prototype:

%[flags][width][.precision][length]specifier

You will see, there is no precision field in scanf. So i guess rounding (or casting to int to cut the digits) is the only way.

Upvotes: 4

i486
i486

Reputation: 6572

f1 = round( f1 * 1000.0 ) / 1000.0. scanf cannot help. BTW, use double instead of float.

Upvotes: 0

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