Re: bike shifting - output decimal in percent

[Emanuel Berg]

Drew Adams wrote:

>> How do I output a decimal float digit0 <=
>> x <= 1 into percent? ("A percentage?"
>> Correct English?) [...]
>> 
>> But I wonder if/why-not there is/isn't
>> a built-in way to do it?
>
> Use function `format'. See `C-h f format' and
> (elisp) `Formatting Strings'.

You mean

    (info "(elisp) Formatting Strings")

?

> (format "%2.2g%%" (* 100.0 foo)) => "31%"

Great, thanks a lot :)

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