Displaying decimal point

I have a program that stores a number in a file for later display. The text file contains only this number.

When the program reads the number and displays it on screen, it displays just fine - i.e 54. But if I send the exact same variable to a printer, it gets displayed as 54.0. I have tried to tostring() it and math.floor() it, but it displays exactly the same.

Is there a way to configure a display/printout to use only the integer part of a number? It's odd to see a decimal point in uses where only integers make sense.

TheArchitect, on 01 April 2013 - 08:01 PM said:

I have tried to tostring() it and math.floor() it, but it displays exactly the same.

?

lua> term.write(54)
--> 54.0
lua> term.write(tostring(54))
--> 54

JokerRH, on 02 April 2013 - 05:04 AM said:

TheArchitect, on 01 April 2013 - 08:01 PM said:

I have tried to tostring() it and math.floor() it, but it displays exactly the same.

?

lua> term.write(54)
--> 54.0
lua> term.write(tostring(54))
--> 54

He's talking about printing the text using a printer …

remiX, on 02 April 2013 - 05:50 AM said:

He's talking about printing the text using a printer …

term.write
monitorObj.write
printerObj.write

all function in the same way… this is why he posted that…

… I'll have to admit my mistake. I must have done something wrong before, because I tried it again and tostring() did it.

Sorry about that. And thanks for taking a moment to still reply :)/>