# Nf() as text() parameter?
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/nf-as-text-parameter/23743
**Category:** Processing for Pi
**Created:** [September 8, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/nf-as-text-parameter/23743 "2020-09-08T16:26:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@joepekoe](https://discourse.processing.org/u/joepekoe)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/nf-as-text-parameter/23743/1 "2020-09-08T16:26:06Z")
I am developing code using Processing 3.5.4 on PC, exporting to Linux, copying exported files from armv6hf to Rpi Buster on Rpi 2 hardware. Since nf() returns a string, or at least I thought it did, I’m curious why the following code is not displaying 35678
float x = 35678.234;
text( nf(x,0,0), 200, 200 );
The program displays 35678.234. The only way I can display a whole number is by casting the float into an int variable.
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### Author:  [@raron](https://discourse.processing.org/u/raron)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/nf-as-text-parameter/23743/2 "2020-09-08T16:51:08Z")
I can’t get it to display anything but the whole number using nf(number, 0, 0). Regardless of storing it in a string or not.
This worked for me:
`text(nfs(x,0,-1), 200, 200 );`
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### Author:  [@joepekoe](https://discourse.processing.org/u/joepekoe)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/nf-as-text-parameter/23743/4 "2020-09-08T17:37:45Z")
```auto
float f1 = 999.999;
String S1 = "this";
int x1 = 0;
void setup()
{
size(800,400);
background(0);
}
void draw()
{
text(nf(f1,0,0),400,200);
S1 = nf(f1,0,0);
text(S1,400,220);
x1 = (int)f1;
text(x1,400,240);
}
```
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### Author:  [@raron](https://discourse.processing.org/u/raron)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/nf-as-text-parameter/23743/5 "2020-09-08T21:10:16Z")
I get the same result.
Apparently, nf() also rounds the number depending on number of significant digits shown.
```auto
float f1 = 999.789;
String S1;
int x1 = 0;
void setup()
{
size(200,200);
}
void draw()
{
background(0);
text(nf(f1,0,0),50,50);
S1 = nf(f1,0,2);
text(S1,50,70);
S1 = nf(f1,0,-1);
text(S1,50,90);
x1 = (int)f1;
text(x1,50,120);
}
```
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### Author:  [@joepekoe](https://discourse.processing.org/u/joepekoe)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/nf-as-text-parameter/23743/6 "2020-09-08T21:33:09Z")
Thanks for confirming. Looks like a bug to me based upon behavior contrary to documentation. Just wondering if documentation is out of date.
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### Author:  [@raron](https://discourse.processing.org/u/raron)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/nf-as-text-parameter/23743/7 "2020-09-08T21:36:58Z")
Yes, it does seem that the case of `nf(number, 0, 0)` and `nf(number, 0, -1)` is undocumented.
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### Author:  [@joepekoe](https://discourse.processing.org/u/joepekoe)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/nf-as-text-parameter/23743/8 "2020-09-08T22:09:03Z")
> [@joepekoe](#):
>
> I am developing code using Processing 3.5.4 on PC, exporting to Linux, copying exported files from armv6hf to Rpi Buster on Rpi 2 hardware.
I checked documentation page more closely and it states “The values for the **digits** and **right** parameters should always be positive integers.” So I’m guessing that means this function isn’t supposed to be used to create a whole number the way I’ve been attempting it. I’m assuming that means they don’t support negative numbers either, even though it works.
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### Author:  [@raron](https://discourse.processing.org/u/raron)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/nf-as-text-parameter/23743/9 "2020-09-08T22:30:41Z")
There’s also the [round()](https://processing.org/reference/round_.html) function for that btw.