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- /* ENG.C - Format floating point in engineering notation */
- /* Released to public domain by author, David Harmon, Jan. 1994 */
-
- #include <stdio.h>
-
- char *eng(double value, int places)
- {
- const char * const prefixes[] = {
- "a", "f", "p", "n", "ยต", "m", "", "k", "M", "G", "T"
- };
- int p = 6;
- static char result[30];
- char *res = result;
-
- if (value < 0.)
- {
- *res++ = '-';
- value = -value;
- }
- while (value != 0 && value < 1. && p > 0)
- {
- value *= 1000.;
- p--;
- }
- while (value != 0 && value > 1000. && p < 10 )
- {
- value /= 1000.;
- p++;
- }
- if (value > 100.)
- places--;
- if (value > 10.)
- places--;
- sprintf(res, "%.*f %s", places-1, value, prefixes[p]);
- return result;
- }
-
- #ifdef TEST
-
- #include <stdio.h>
-
- main()
- {
- double w;
-
- for (w = 1e-19; w < 1e16; w *= 42)
- printf(" %g W = %sW\n", w, eng(w, 3));
- return 0;
- }
- #endif
-