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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));

> However I do not know how to only print only the first 2 (for example) 
> decimal places of myfloat.
> 
> The above will print "value = 1234.5678". However I want "value = 1234.56".

Look at RM A.10.1 (67) procedure Put to a String. There you can choose the format (digits before and after the dot, exponential digits). This rounds (1234.57).

If you really want 1234.56, you have to use the 'Floor attribute (RM K(74)).
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