Simple use of sprintf - C

Question

I\'m trying to work out why a larger problem is occurring, using a smaller program as an example. This smaller program does not work, leading me to believe it is my understa

Answer 1

This is because 5 is an integer (int), and you're telling sprintf to pretend that it's a double-precision floating-point number (double). You need to change this:

sprintf(word,"%.9g", 5);

to either of these:

sprintf(word,"%.9g", 5.0);
sprintf(word,"%.9g", (double) 5);