floatToString

lib.strings.floatToString

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Convert a float to a string, but emit a warning when precision is lost during the conversion

Inputs

float: 1. Function argument

Type

floatToString :: float -> string

Examples

`lib.strings.floatToString` usage example

floatToString 0.000001
=> "0.000001"
floatToString 0.0000001
=> trace: warning: Imprecise conversion from float to string 0.000000
   "0.000000"

Noogle detected

Implementation

The following is the current implementation of this function.

floatToString =
    float:
    let
      result = toString float;
      precise = float == fromJSON result;
    in
    lib.warnIf (!precise) "Imprecise conversion from float to string ${result}" result;