[c++] Show two digits after decimal point in c++

Similar topic is already discussed in the forum. But I have some different problem in following code:

double total;
cin >> total;
cout << fixed << setprecision(2) << total;

If I give input as 100.00 then program prints just 100 but not 100.00

How can I print 100.00?

This question is related to c++ precision

The answer is


The easiest way to do this, is using cstdio's printf. Actually, i'm surprised that anyone mentioned printf! anyway, you need to include the library, like this...

#include<cstdio>

int main() {
    double total;
    cin>>total;
    printf("%.2f\n", total);
}

This will print the value of "total" (that's what %, and then ,total does) with 2 floating points (that's what .2f does). And the \n at the end, is just the end of line, and this works with UVa's judge online compiler options, that is:

g++ -lm -lcrypt -O2 -pipe -DONLINE_JUDGE filename.cpp

the code you are trying to run will not run with this compiler options...


cout << fixed << setprecision(2) << total;

setprecision specifies the minimum precision. So

cout << setprecision (2) << 1.2; 

will print 1.2

fixed says that there will be a fixed number of decimal digits after the decimal point

cout << setprecision (2) << fixed << 1.2;

will print 1.20


This will be possible with setiosflags(ios::showpoint).


It is possible to print a 15 decimal number in C++ using the following:

#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>

cout << fixed << setprecision(15) << " The Real_Pi is: " << real_pi << endl;
cout << fixed << setprecision(15) << " My Result_Pi is: " << my_pi << endl;
cout << fixed << setprecision(15) << " Processing error is: " << Error_of_Computing << endl;
cout << fixed << setprecision(15) << " Processing time is: " << End_Time-Start_Time << endl;
_getch();

return 0;

Using header file stdio.h you can easily do it as usual like c. before using %.2lf(set a specific number after % specifier.) using printf().

It simply printf specific digits after decimal point.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
   double total=100;
   printf("%.2lf",total);//this prints 100.00 like as C
}