Number to Fractional String
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Number to Fractional String
Converts a numeric value to an F-format (fractional notation), floating-point string.
Inputs/Outputs
number
An input to this operation.
This input supports waveforms and any data type that contains only numbers, such as scalar numbers, arrays or clusters of numbers, and arrays of clusters of numbers.
Data Type Changes on FPGA
When you add this node to a document targeted to an FPGA, this input has a default data type that uses fewer hardware resources at compile time.
width
A number specifying how many characters to use to express number as a string.
If width is less than the number of characters required, this node uses exactly as many characters as needed. If width is greater than the number of characters required, this node adds a space on the left side of the output string for each additional character.
Default value: No value — Exactly as many characters as are needed to represent the number, with no extra padding.
precision
A number specifying the number of digits after the decimal point in the output string. The node rounds number to this decimal place.
Default value: 0
use system decimal point?
Boolean specifying whether to use the system decimal separator to designate a decimal point.
| True | This node uses the localized decimal separator. |
| False | This node uses a period as the decimal separator. |
Default value: True
fractional format string
number represented as a fractional string.
This output can be Inf, -Inf, or NaN if the value you wire to number is infinity or is not a number.
Examples
| number | width | precision | fractional format string | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.911 | 6 | 2 | _ _4.91 | number is rounded, padded with spaces on the left. |
| .003926 | 8 | 4 | _ _0.0039 | number is rounded, padded with spaces on the left. |
| -287.3 | 5 | 0 | _-287 | number is rounded, padded with spaces on the left. |