How to adjust the decimal place in fprintf statement

printf('The maximum force, F(m), on the piling is %1.2f N.\n',Fm);

The value is Fm = 29801.98 N and with this format shown above I only can adjust the number of decimal places it displays.

I am trying to move the decimal 3 places to the left so that it reads out the answer as 29.80 kN. Others answers in my code require different output formats so I need to be able to adjust each in the statement if possible.

Answer 1

[Les Beckham]

Note that the Matlab function for printing to the command window is fprintf, not printf. Note also that it doesn't make sense to use %1.2f since the 2 decimal places will override the 1 since the 1 is specifying a total field width of 1 but 2 decimal places requires a field width of at least 4, even it the number is less than one. I suggest reading the fprintf documentation more thoroughly (linked above).

Fm = 29801.98;
fprintf('The maximum force, F(m), on the piling is %.2f kN.\n', Fm / 1000); % <<< divide by 1000 to move decimal left 3 places

The maximum force, F(m), on the piling is 29.80 kN.

[Katherine]

Thank you! <3

[Les Beckham]

You are quite welcome.