How do I make "std::cout << 123456789.12" print "123456789.12"?

Question

How do I make

std::cout << 123456789.12

print this:

123456789.12

It always prints this:

1.23457e+008

I know that I have to play with the flags, but I cant quite figure out the right combination. If I set the fixed flag, it prints

123456789.120000

Answer 1

You can use:

#include <iostream>
#include <limits>
using namespace std;

int main() {
    double c = 123456789.12;
    cout.precision(numeric_limits<double>::digits10 + 1);
    cout << c << endl;

    return 0;
}

Basically the limits package has traits for all the build-in types. One of the traits for floating point numbers (float/double/long double) is the digits10 attribute. This defines the accuracy of a floating point number in base 10.

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Answer 2

How to ... ?

One way :-

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>

int main() {
    double f =123456789.12;
    std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(2) << f << '\n';
    return 0;
}

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Answer 3

You can use boost::lexical_cast as follow:

#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>

std::cout << boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(123456789.12);

more info can be found in http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_55_0/doc/html/boost_lexical_cast.html