How to change/control the output precision in gcc or g++?

Question

I have the following piece of code written in c++ and compiled by g++ 4.8.

double x = 0.123456789;
cout << x << endl;

I don't understand why I only get the output

0.1234567

even I define x as long double x . It probably a quite naive question, but can any one give me some hits?

Answer 1

This page has all you need, namely that you should use the std::setprecision stream manipulator.

double x = 0.123456789;
std::cout << std::setprecision(10) << x << std::endl;

Answer 2

Use the precision function or the setprecision manipulator to set the number of significant figures (or decimal places, if you also use fixed ).

cout.precision(10);  // 10 significant figures

or

cout << setprecision(10); // also 10 significant figures

or

cout << fixed << setprecision(10);  // always fixed-point format, 10 decimal places

By default, the precision is 6.