Fractional Parts

[NewWave]

Hello

Under the [Rainmeter] section, does 'Update' make use of a number with a fractional part?
For measures/meters, does 'AverageSize' and 'UpdateDivider' make use of a number with a fractional part?

Generally, at what point is a given number rounded?

[Brian]

Under the [Rainmeter] section, does 'Update' make use of a number with a fractional part?
For measures/meters, does 'AverageSize' and 'UpdateDivider' make use of a number with a fractional part?

Nope, these options should be integers. The fractional part is just stripped off without rounding.

Generally, at what point is a given number rounded?

For the values that do not require an integer, I believe it is 5 decimal places before rounding.

-Brian

[NewWave]

Thanks a bunch.

[jsmorley]

Might be a few more.

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeasureCalc]
Measure=Calc
Formula=PI

[Meter1]
Meter=String
MeasureName=MeasureCalc
FontSize=13
FontColor=255,255,255,255
NumOfDecimals=16

That returns a valid fractional number up to 16 places. If I make it 17 or more, it just returns zeros after 16 places.

However, this returns only 5 decimal places...

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeasureCalc]
Measure=Calc
Formula=PI

[Meter1]
Meter=String
FontSize=13
FontColor=255,255,255,255
Text=[MeasureCalc]
NumOfDecimals=16
DynamicVariables=1

[Brian]

Ah, I see.

I tried something similar, but I didn't utilize the NumOfDecimals option.

In the About Dialog, the measure with Formula=PI only shows 5 decimal places, but I guess that is the dialog itself rounding the value, not the actual measure.

-Brian

[jsmorley]

Ah, I see.

I tried something similar, but I didn't utilize the NumOfDecimals option.

In the About Dialog, the measure with Formula=PI only shows 5 decimal places, but I guess that is the dialog itself rounding the value, not the actual measure.

-Brian

Looks to me that unless you are using a Rainmeter skin to help with the construction of your nuclear particle accelerator or with your human DNA sequencing work, it's best to consider that Rainmeter does stuff to 5 decimal places...

[smurfier]

The String return of the measure returns up to five decimal points.

The Number return returns up to 16 decimal points. However, sometimes a seventeen decimal is returned that is incorrect.

For example, 1/3 returns 0.33333333333333331