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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index b2c675fc..13a823b9 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -10025,7 +10025,7 @@ with @code{CONVFMT} as the format specifier (@pxref{String Functions}). -@code{CONVFMT}'s default value is @code{"%.6g"}, which prints a value with +@code{CONVFMT}'s default value is @code{"%.6g"}, which creates a value with at most six significant digits. For some applications, you might want to change it to specify more precision. On most modern machines, @@ -28203,7 +28203,7 @@ This makes it clear that the full numeric value is different from what the default string representations show. @code{CONVFMT}'s default value is @code{"%.6g"}, which yields a value with -at least six significant digits. For some applications, you might want to +at most six significant digits. For some applications, you might want to change it to specify more precision. On most modern machines, most of the time, 17 digits is enough to capture a floating-point number's |