Change the display precision of numbers using OPL script

The following OPL script code changes the display precision of numbers. Please note that this only changes the way that numbers gets printed when they are serialized, like printing an array of floats or in the output of the printSolution method but not while printing the individual array element itself. Also note that if the precision is set to N, then the display would show N+1 decimal places; the default value being 4 (and thus 5 decimal places). Ofcourse, this value can also be changed through an ops file under the 'Language -> General -> Display precision' section. If you would like to round the actual values of the elements to a certain precision level, then you would need to implement your own roundTo function (similar to what the sample does) to achieve the desired results.


range R = 1..3;
float a[r in R] = r / 7;
execute beforePrecisionSetting{
  writeln("Before setting precision");
  writeln("a="+a);
  for(var x in R)
   writeln("a["+x+"]="+a[x]);
}  
execute precisionSetting{
  settings.displayPrecision=2;
  writeln("Setting displayPrecision=2");
}
execute afterPrecisionSetting{
  writeln("After setting precision");
  writeln("a="+a);
  for(var x in R)
   writeln("a["+x+"]="+a[x]);
}
execute roundingFunction{
  function roundTo(x, digits){
   x=x*Opl.pow(10,digits);
   x=Opl.round(x);
   x=x/Opl.pow(10,digits);
   return x;
  }
  for(var x in R)
   a[x]=roundTo(a[x],2);
  writeln("After rounding to 2 decimal places");
  writeln("a="+a);
  for(x in R)
   writeln("a["+x+"]="+a[x]);
}