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g format loses to much information, #95

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@ryofurue

[I misspelt "too" in the title. Sorry! I don't know how to fix it.]

I'm quite surprised by this:

using Format
format("{1:.2g}", 0.00093) # -> "0.00"

whereas this Fortran program

program main
  write(*,"(G0.2)") 0.00093d0 ! -> "0.93E-3"
end program main

prints "0.93E-3".

I thought the whole point of the G format specifier is to minimize information loss while minimizing the horizontal space. Is Format.jl's behavior intended? or am I missing something?

Format v1.3.7 on Julia 1.12.4.

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