sprintf for floats. SES "PrintF Floating Point Supported" does not work

[csulz]

I am trying to use sprintf to format a float type variable, and I am not having any luck. The values printed are either blank or wrong. Sometimes I even Hardfault, which I believe is a buffer overflow from sprintf trying to print too many characters.

Before you ask, yes I changed "PrintF Floating Point Supported" as shown in the following answer:

https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/30535/nrf52-printf-float-in-ses

I have tried both "Float" and "Double", neither seems to do anything. 

I am using SEGGER Embedded Studio 5.42.

Code: (I had to use snprintf to avoid a buffer overflow)

char buf[20];

float f = 12.34;

printf("printf: %f\n", f);

snprintf(buf, 20, "%f", f);

printf("sprintf: %s\n", buf);

result:

printf: 80298907385281280000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.000000
sprintf: 8029892515591747200

Previously it would print "0.000000" but it changes based on the value I try to print. 

I wrote my own version of ftoa to get around this problem for now but it is not an ideal workaround. 

float f = 12.34;
ftoa(f, buf, 10);
printf("ftoa: %s\n", buf);

result:

ftoa: 12.3400000000

Any advice would be great, Thank you. 

[Edvin]

Hello,

Try opening your project settings, select "common" from the drop down menu, and search for float:

What does that look like in your project?

You are using the nRF52840, right?

I used the settings above, and I was able to snprintf decimal numbers using a "double" variable.

BR,

Edvin

[csulz]

When I try to change "SoftFP" to "Hard" in both he FP ABI type and the preprocessor definition I get an error "xxx.elf uses VFP register arguments, yyy.o does not " NOt sure that is related.

[Edvin]

See if it helps to rebuild solution after changing to hard:

Can you show me a screenshot of the build error if you get a build error after rebuilding?

[csulz]

I already posted the error, "xxx.elf uses VFP register arguments, yyy.o does not". 

And because I know you are going to ask:

[Edvin]

csulz said:

I already posted the error, "xxx.elf uses VFP register arguments, yyy.o does not". 

 Yes, but you didn't say what files it was. So it is luos_c. Is that your project name? Or is it a file? Did you try the "Rebuild Solution"?

[csulz]

The screenshot shows it. luos_s.elf and json.o. Does that help solve the problem with sprintf?

Yes I rebuilt solution. 

[hmolesworth]

Does it help to specify "f" as a double rather than a float?

double f = 12.34;

STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (    float) == 4, "(sizeof (    float) == 4) failed");
STATIC_ASSERT (sizeof (   double) == 8, "(sizeof (   double) == 8) failed");