I am trying to write some code that computes some number up to some precision and prints it with the correct number of digits. I tried the following: using Printf function print_number(x, err) numofdigits = ceil(Int, -log10(err)) @printf("%.*f ± %.*f\n", numofdigits, x, numofdigits, err) e…

Don’t use @printf, use format + Format: julia> using Printf julia> function print_number(x, err) numofdigits = ceil(Int, -log10(err)) Printf.format(Printf.Format("%.$(numofdigits)f ± %.$(numofdigits)f\n"), x, err) end print_number (generic function with 1 method) juli…

Printf with variable number of digits

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rafael.guerra January 26, 2023, 7:20pm 5

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Printf with variable number of digits

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