[gmx-developers] Real variables

[Erik Marklund]

Dear Jorge,

In order to switch between single and double precision at runtime.

You can do printf("%f\n", (float)real_variable) if %f is crucial.

Kind regards,
Erik

Erik Marklund, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Chemistry
Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory
University of Oxford
South Parks Road
Oxford
OX1 3QZ

On 9 Jul 2014, at 17:40, Jorge de Antonio <j.de.antonio at grs-sim.de> wrote:

> Dear developers,
> 
> I was wondering why instead of declaring double variables we are using real. I tried to find where is exactly defined but I didn’t get the file. Can you please provide me some insight? The thing is I want to use fscanf but compiler (gcc) complains because the flag %lf is for double variables.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Jorge
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