The option variable 'fpprintprec' controls the number
of digits to print of a big float. It has no effect
on how a double float is printed.
(%i6) 1/7.0d0, fpprintprec : 5; <--- double float
(%o6) 0.14285714285714285
(%i7) 1/7.0b0, fpprintprec : 5; <--- big float
(%o7) 1.4285B-1
Barton
-----maxima-admin@math.utexas.edu wrote: -----
>
>I've got a pb with the fpprintprec variable: even
>when i set fpprintprec
>to a value less than 16 (e.g. 5), the float
>numbers are still displayed as
>with fpprintprec = 0.....for instance sqrt(2.0)
>gives 1.414213562373095