[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #56926] "format long g" does not adjust precision when variable is of type single

[Rik]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?56926>

                 Summary: "format long g" does not adjust precision when
variable is of type single
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: rik5
            Submitted on: Fri 20 Sep 2019 11:52:16 AM PDT
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 2 - Minor
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: Confirmed
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Example session showing that only the format "long g" fails to truncate
precision.


octave:1> x = single (pi(1,3))
x =

   3.1416   3.1416   3.1416

octave:2> format long
octave:3> x
x =

   3.1415927   3.1415927   3.1415927

octave:4> format long g
octave:5> x
x =

  3.141592741012573  3.141592741012573  3.141592741012573

octave:6> format long e
octave:7> x
x =

   3.1415927e+00   3.1415927e+00   3.1415927e+00

octave:8> double (x)
ans =

   3.141592741012573e+00   3.141592741012573e+00   3.141592741012573e+00
 







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