Re: summing float

In article
<db200718-86c1-4aa2-ae76-4a08b7136d92@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
getasso@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I am summing up a bunch of decimal number and i get a the answer

7.220782e+8
how to i covert the above to 722078200.00 normal decimal number
format.

sorry i a bit ignorant when it comes to number representation

many thanks

George

(format nil "~,2F" 7.220782e+8)

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