Avoid trailing zeroes in printf()

Question

I keep stumbling on the format specifiers for the printf() family of functions. What I want is to be able to print a double (or float) with a maximum given number of digits

Answer 1

I would say you should use printf("%.8g",value);

If you use "%.6g" you will not get desired output for some numbers like.32.230210 it should print 32.23021 but it prints 32.2302