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From: SCHMIDT@SUMEX-AIM.STANFORD.EDU (Christopher Schmidt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.xerox
Subject: Re: PRINTNUM
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Date: Wed, 2-Dec-87 23:26:11 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec  2 23:26:11 1987
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    Does PRINTNUM work?  I am just trying to use it for the first time, and am
    getting very odd results.  For instance, if I try the following example
    straight from the InterLisp-D manual, I get the following weird results:

    1<-- (PRINTNUM '(FLOAT 7 2 NIL NIL 1) 27.689)
      30.0027.689

    The manual says I should get:
      30.00

    Am I doing something wrong?  [...]

The first five characters ("30.00") are the effect of invoking PRINTNUM;
the last six ("27.689") are the result of the form printed by the exec.
Try (PRINTNUM '(FLOAT 7 2 NIL NIL 1) 27.689 (CREATEW)) to segregate output.
--Christopher
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