Re: Float to ASCII conversion?

From: CBarn24050 (cbarn24050_at_aol.com)
Date: 02/20/04 

Date: 20 Feb 2004 10:50:32 GMT

Hi, sprintf is part of the standard library so it should be there. It is a big
module and not very fast but so are all the other floating point routines. If
your project is hardware / speed limited then you really should consider
upgrading or not using floating point at all.

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