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<div><h1>printingAccuracy -- current accuracy for printing numbers</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>printingAccuracy = n</tt></div>
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<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>n</tt>, <span>an <a href="___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span></span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Consequences:<ul><li>Henceforth, inexact numbers are printed with at most <tt>n</tt> digits to the right of the decimal point displayed. The special case where <tt>n=-1</tt> is interpreted as meaning <tt>n=infinity</tt>, and this case is used when a number appears alone on an output line.</li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div><table class="examples"><tr><td><pre>i1 : printingPrecision,printingAccuracy
o1 = (6, -1)
o1 : Sequence</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i2 : 1p100e-5/3
o2 = .00000333333333333333333333333333333
o2 : RR (of precision 100)</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i3 : x = {1p100e-5/3,1p100e-4/3,1p100e-3/3,1p100e-2/3}
o3 = {.00000333333, .0000333333, .000333333, .00333333}
o3 : List</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i4 : printingAccuracy = 8
o4 = 8</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i5 : x
o5 = {.00000333, .00003333, .00033333, .00333333}
o5 : List</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i6 : printingAccuracy = 4
o6 = 4</pre>
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<tr><td><pre>i7 : x
o7 = {0, 0, .0003, .0033}
o7 : List</pre>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_printing__Accuracy.html" title="current accuracy for printing numbers">printingAccuracy</a> -- current accuracy for printing numbers</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_printing__Lead__Limit.html" title="maximum number of leading zeroes to use when printing real numbers">printingLeadLimit</a> -- maximum number of leading zeroes to use when printing real numbers</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_printing__Trail__Limit.html" title="maximum number of additional trailing digits to use when printing real numbers">printingTrailLimit</a> -- maximum number of additional trailing digits to use when printing real numbers</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_printing__Separator.html" title="string used to separate mantissa from exponent when printing real numbers">printingSeparator</a> -- string used to separate mantissa from exponent when printing real numbers</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_format.html" title="format a string or a real number">format</a> -- format a string or a real number</span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>For the programmer</h2>
<p>The object <a href="_printing__Accuracy.html" title="current accuracy for printing numbers">printingAccuracy</a> is <span>an <a href="___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span>.</p>
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