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Diffstat (limited to 'src/strconv/ftoa.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/strconv/ftoa.go | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/strconv/ftoa.go b/src/strconv/ftoa.go index 8b3d33e4e7..a7ccbe6727 100644 --- a/src/strconv/ftoa.go +++ b/src/strconv/ftoa.go @@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ var float64info = floatInfo{52, 11, -1023} // 'g' ('e' for large exponents, 'f' otherwise), or // 'G' ('E' for large exponents, 'f' otherwise). // -// The precision prec controls the number of digits -// (excluding the exponent) printed by the 'e', 'E', 'f', 'g', and 'G' formats. +// The precision prec controls the number of digits (excluding the exponent) +// printed by the 'e', 'E', 'f', 'g', and 'G' formats. // For 'e', 'E', and 'f' it is the number of digits after the decimal point. -// For 'g' and 'G' it is the total number of digits. +// For 'g' and 'G' it is the maximum number of significant digits (trailing +// zeros are removed). // The special precision -1 uses the smallest number of digits // necessary such that ParseFloat will return f exactly. func FormatFloat(f float64, fmt byte, prec, bitSize int) string { |