How to format my decimal variable?

[xboxisfinished]

I have set a timer with # float on it. When the timer goes down in decimal point -0.01 it goes down fine

2.00, 1.99, 1.98, 1.97, etc...respectively! Sweet! Problem I have when it reaches 0.98, decimal then it adds 0.980000000 on it
how do I fix it so it contain the format

#0.00 only?

Thanks in advance.

[SamuraiCrow]

Fixed point is easier to work with than floating point.  Just make an integer variable that is 100 times greater and then print n/100;".";n mod 100

If you must use floating point, you'll have to use string manipulation to avoid the rounding error.

[xboxisfinished]

Fixed point is easier to work with than floating point.  Just make an integer variable that is 100 times greater and then print n/100;".";n mod 100

If you must use floating point, you'll have to use string manipulation to avoid the rounding error.

Assuming I want to use the string manipulation. Can you give me an example of how to do that? Like a format string manipulation?

Thanks in advance.

[Sidewinder]

If you are using the Print instruction to do this output you can add a Using directive to it and specify the exact format of the output:

Print Using "#.##";TIMER#

This should limit the output to 1 digit before the decimal point and two digits after.

[xboxisfinished]

If you are using the Print instruction to do this output you can add a Using directive to it and specify the exact format of the output:

Print Using "#.##";TIMER#

This should limit the output to 1 digit before the decimal point and two digits after.

Thank you so much!

[SamuraiCrow]

Huh.  I looked into the online manual for print using and could not find it.

[xboxisfinished]

Huh.  I looked into the online manual for print using and could not find it.

It is there! It works!! Weeeee!!!

[Sidewinder]

Yeah, it took me some time to find it too.  It's under "Using" in the index, section 5.6.13.