GETFREAL C-3





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NAME


getfreal - get format for REAL values

SYNOPSIS


#include 

char *getfreal()

DESCRIPTION


Getfreal returns a pointer to a string containing the format for
REAL values. This format string is used by atoreal(C-3) and
realtoa(C-3). In addition, several of the C/Base programs use
this string for formatting REAL values.

The first format specifier is for positive (>0) values. The
second is for negative (<0) values and the third is for zero
values. In the absence of the second or third specifiers, the
first specifier is used for the corresponding class of values.

The REAL format string is retrieved from the country format
structure (see fcountry(C-3)).

SEE ALSO


fcountry(C-3), atoreal(C-3), realtoa(C-3)
C/Base Reference Manual Chapter 13, "Formatting Data Values"

NOTES


The value returned points to static data shared among all of the
get format routines and is overwritten with each call.