print double with precision 4 using cout [duplicate]

Question

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Convert a double to fixed decimal point in C++

Suppose , I have double a = 0 and I want to print it as 0.0000 .

I've tried this :

cout.precision(4) ; 
cout<<a<<endl ; 

but it gaves 0 as the output.

Cicisbeo

The duplicate doesn't provide a direct answer to the question, the accepted answer does. – Corrigible

Answer 1

Just try:

#include <iomanip>
...
cout << fixed << setprecision(4);
cout << a << endl;

See here.

Jecon

Answer 2

#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream.h>


int main()
{
double a = 0.00;
// print a double, 2 places of precision 
cout << setprecision(4) << a << endl;
}

Tamatave

Apart from missing std::s and non existent iostream.h, without std::fixed this simply doesn't work. – Pinniped

@Pinniped It works well with visual studio – Tamatave

@Tamatave This shouldn't work and is not language consistent. – Plains