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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: Re: altering number of significant figures
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>  myfloat : float := 1234.5678;
>  screen_display("value = " & float'image(myfloat));
>The above will print "value = 1234.5678". However I want "value = 1234.56".
  I presume you actually want it rounded, not truncated.
  You can use Ada.Text_IO.Float_IO to make a string, with full control
over total length, digits after the point, and E exponent notation.
  Another option is
   type Two_Aft_Digits is delta 0.01 range ...
   screen_display("value = " & Two_Aft_Digits'image(Two_Aft_Digits(myfloat)));