entry ;
COMMENT
.SEC(CVT.SAI - floating number conversion with 0 elimination)
.index(CVT.SAI - floating number conversion with 0 elimination)
.;
begin "CVT.sai"
Comment R. Gordon;
comment returns a String representing a real number with zeros
trimmed off;




    Internal String Procedure CVT(  real a  );
    begin "CVT"

	String b;

	integer i,user!width,user!digits;



	String Procedure trim!off!left(  String b,character  );
	begin "trim!off"
	    while equ(b[1 for 1],character) do
		b_b[2 to inf];
	    return(b);
	end "trim!off";
	String Procedure trim!off!right(  String b,character  );
	begin "trim!off"
	    while equ(b[length(b) for 1],character) do
		b_b[1 to length(b)-1];
	    return(b);
	end "trim!off";

	if  a=0
	then return("0");
	getformat(user!width,user!digits);
	setformat(14,8);
	b_trim!off!left(trim!off!right(cvg(a)," ")," ");
	setformat(user!width,user!digits);
	for i_  1 step 1 until length(b) do
	    if  equ(b[i for 1],"@")
	    then return(trim!off!right(trim!off!left(trim!off!right(
			b[1 to i-1],"0"),"0"),".") & b[i to inf]);
return(trim!off!right(trim!off!left(trim!off!right(b,"0"),"0"),".") );
    end "CVT";

end "CVT.sai";