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.th FTOA III 1/15/73
.sh NAME
ftoa \*- floating to ascii conversion
.sh SYNOPSIS
.ft B
jsr	r5,ftoa; subr
.ft R
.sh DESCRIPTION
.it Ftoa
will convert the floating point number in fr0
into ascii in the form
.s3
	[\fB\*-\fR]ddddd\fB.\fRdd...
.s3
if possible, otherwise in the form
.s3
	[\fB\*-\fR]d\fB.\fRdddddddd\fBe\fR[\fB\*-\fR]dd
.s3
For each character generated by ftoa,
the \fIsubr\fR (supplied by the caller) is called on
register r5 with the character in r0.
.s3
The number of digits can be changed by changing the value
of \fB\*_ndigits\fR
in ecvt (default is 10.).
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The \fIsubr\fR must not disturb any registers.
.sh "SEE ALSO"
ecvt(III), itoa(III), printf(III)

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