Easy question about formatting

[imntacrook]

In my .h file I have:

.h
float percent;

My placeholder in the NSTstringWithFormat etc. is %.2f as below:

.m

NSLog([NSString stringWithFormat:@"Percent = %.2f", percent]);

And all I get is zero's after the decimal point in my log.
I've tried many combinations but nothing seems to work.

Thanks in advance.

[tkilmer]

A couple things. My personal preference is to always use a double. I know it is double the space, but it is far more precise. Next, you do not have to use the [NSString stringWithFormat] inside NSLog. You can do this:

NSLog("Percent = %.2f", percent);

Last thing, how do you assign the value of percent. It sounds like the conversion is not properly done. Post your code for how percent is assigned its value.

[imntacrook]

OK Thanks! I appreciate that, let me try double. And thats a good tip about the NSLog, I didn't realize that. Not to be vague or anything but the percent is going to be (100 / 9 * levelreached) * (45 - hits) / 36; I know that doesn't mean anything to you, but what I'm doing is testing one thing at a time. Just trying to get the output to look correct now.

************ update

double still gives me all zeros after the decimal point.

[tkilmer]

Instead of

(100 / 9 * levelreached) * (45 - hits) / 36

do this

(100.0 / 9.0 * levelreached) * (45 - hits) / 36.0

This will force it to be a double

[imntacrook]

Works like a charm thank you sooo much. I think what I need is a good book on syntax and keywords - I'm catching on little by little, and reading Marks and LaMarches, and Hillegass' books but they don't necessarily give the real basics. Thanks again

[tkilmer]

This is all basic C. I would get the book "The C Programming Language" by K&R. This will help you a lot with the C side of iphone development.