Dave F. wrote: > I don't why he feels the need to do this, it seems a pointless task, but > why do you think it reduces accuracy to remove trailing zeros? > > 2m =2.0m Mathematically, you may be right. But having 2.0 actually means that it is 2.0 m with +- 0.1 m accuracy. Putting it as 2 means it's 2 meters +- 1 m. -- Lennard