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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