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.\" $NetBSD: strpct.3,v 1.2 2011/08/28 17:21:28 wiz Exp $
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.Dd August 28, 2011
.Dt STRPCT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm strpct
.Nd decimal percent formatter
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libutil
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In util.h
.Ft char *
.Fn strpct "char *buf" "size_t bufsiz" "uintmax_t numerator" "uintmax_t denominator" "size_t precision"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn strpct
function formats the fraction represented by
.Fa numerator
and
.Fa denominator
into a percentage representation with given number of digits of
.Fa precision .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn strpct
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always returns a pointer to a NUL-terminated formatted string which
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is placed in
.Fa buf
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and is up to
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.Fa buflen
characters.
If there was an overflow, the formatted string will reflect that precision
loss.
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -offset indent
strpct(buf, buflen, 1, 16, 3);
\(rA "6.250"
strpct(buf, buflen, 1, 2, 0);
\(rA "50"
.Ed
.Sh HISTORY
.Fn strpct
was originally implemented in
.Xr csh 1 .
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It printed into a static buffer, was not locale aware, handled
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.Ft unsigned long
numbers, and printed a
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.Dq %
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at the end of the number.
Other programs such as
.Xr df 1
and
.Xr time 1
started using it.
.Fn strpct
appeared in
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.Nx 6.0 .