Set the precision to 9
#include <iostream> using namespace std; int main() { double f = 123456.123456789; cout << "Using default numeric format.\n"; cout << "f with default precision: " << f << "\n\n"; cout << "Setting the precision to 9.\n"; cout.precision(9); cout << "f with precision of 9: " << f << "\n\n"; cout << "Switching to fixed-point format.\n"; cout.setf(ios::fixed, ios::floatfield); cout << "f with precision of 9 in fixed-point: " << f << "\n\n"; // Now, display two decimal places. cout << "Display two decimal places in all cases: "; cout.precision(2); cout << 12.456 << " " << 10.0 << " " << 19.1 << endl; return 0; }