This is a program for converting a double precision numerical value to a string that maintains the 14 double-precision significant digits.
Utilities
A string value with the appropriate number of significant digits is returned.
value: in, required A double-precision or floating point value that is to be converted to a string.
Here is how to use this program:: IDL> Print, cgDblToStr(54.84392095433821d) 54.843920954338
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Change History:: Written by BioPhys and offered to the IDL newsgroup, 7 November 2005. Slightly modified and renamed by David Fanning, 30 November, 2005. Retired as DblToStr and reincarnated it as cgDblToStr. 30 November, 2012. DWF.
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