Thank you, Leon,
it confirms that Scilab 5.4.1 handles it correctly.

But when I have LC_NUMERIC="en_DK.utf8" which means decimal comma, see below, Scilab is in error:
-->msprintf("%0.2f", %pi)
 ans  =
 3,14
-->msprintf("%0.2f", 3.1416)
 ans  =
 3,14

Compare the correct handling in Python:
>>> "Pi with two decimals is %0.2f" % 3.1416
'Pi with two decimals is 3.14'

Can any of the developers comment on this, or shall I report a bug?

Regards
Stefan

stefan@Asus1:~$ uname -a
Linux Asus1 3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:51:12 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
stefan@Asus1:~$ locale
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LC_CTYPE="en_DK.utf8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_DK.utf8"
LC_TIME="en_DK.utf8"
LC_COLLATE="en_DK.utf8"
LC_MONETARY="en_DK.utf8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_DK.utf8"
LC_PAPER="en_DK.utf8"
LC_NAME="en_DK.utf8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_DK.utf8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_DK.utf8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_DK.utf8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_DK.utf8"
LC_ALL=en_DK.utf8


On 2014-07-30 07:25, Leon Bevc wrote:
Here is output from openSuse 13.1 and Scilab 5.4.1:
---------------------------
lebevc@linux-xkf0:~> uname -a
Linux linux-xkf0.site 3.15.3-1.g42bf625-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT
Wed Jul 2 09:23:08 UTC 2014 (42bf625) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
---------------------------
lebevc@linux-xkf0:~> locale
LANG=sl_SI.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="sl_SI.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="sl_SI.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="sl_SI.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="sl_SI.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="sl_SI.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="sl_SI.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="sl_SI.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="sl_SI.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="sl_SI.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="sl_SI.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="sl_SI.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="sl_SI.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=
---------------------------
lebevc@linux-xkf0:~>  printf "%0.2f\n" 3.1416
bash: printf: 3.1416: invalid number
0,00
lebevc@linux-xkf0:~> printf "%0.2f\n" 3,1416
3,14

//-----Scilab---------------------

-->ver
Scilab Version:   5.4.1.1364497457

-->x = 0.12345
  x  =
     0.12345

-->xstr = msprintf("%0.2f", x)
  xstr  =
  0.12


2014-07-29 22:41 GMT+02:00 Stefan Du Rietz <s...@durietz.se
<mailto:s...@durietz.se>>:

    Leon, Can you please try it with Scilab 5.4.1 under openSUSE? And
    can you show its Bash output from
    $ locale

    When I was running Scilab 5.4.1 under Xubuntu 12.04, printf worked
    OK, but also in Bash. So the question is: Why do you now get
    different results in Scilab and Bash?

    And *the important point*: Why should a mathematics program handle
    inputs differently from outputs?

    If one should handle decimal separators differently depending on
    the local language, it should be done consistently (as in Bash,
    even if I don't like it)!

    One could of course have special functions or arguments to present
    numbers in specific local formats.

    Stefan



    On 2014-07-29 19:41, Leon Bevc wrote:

        Strange...

        In this case I got the same result as you on Xubuntu and openSUSE:

        [ xUbuntu 14.04.1 - 32bit / Scilab 5.5.0 / LANG=sl_SI.UTF-8 ]
        lebevc@book-PC:~$ printf "%0.2f\n" 3.1416
        bash: printf: 3.1416: neveljavno število
        0,00
        lebevc@book-PC:~$ printf "%0.2f\n" 3,1416
        3,14

        
------------------------------__------------------------------__----------
        [ openSUSE 13.1-64bit ; Scilab 5.4.1]
        lebevc@linux-xkf0:~> printf "%0.2f\n" 3.1416
        bash: printf: 3.1416: invalid number
        0,00
        lebevc@linux-xkf0:~> printf "%0.2f\n" 3,1416
        3,14

        -->x = 0.6231166;
        -->xstr = msprintf("%0.2f", x)
           xstr  =
           0.62


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