Make a float display 10:07 instead of 10.7

Hey there

I'm guessing you want to split your time into minutes and seconds, then format it in a nice string. On that basis, here's some example code to:

• Split a floating point number of seconds into minutes and remaining seconds

• Make use of the .net formatting system to convert those to different strings

             float total_seconds = 193.3f;
   
               //calculate the number of whole minutes, then subtract from total to get remaining seconds
               float minutes = Mathf.Floor(total_seconds / 60.0f);
               float seconds = total_seconds - minutes * 60.0f;
   
               //(A) gives 3:13.30
               //the minute is at least 1 integer digits (will show a 0 otherwise)
               //the seconds will be at least 2 integer digits (padded with 0s), 
               //and EXACTLY 2 fractional digits (padded with 0s)
               Debug.Log(string.Format("{0:0}:{1:00.00}", minutes, seconds));
   
               //(B) gives 03:13.30
               //same as (A), but minutes must be at least 2 integer digits
               Debug.Log(string.Format("{0:00}:{1:00.00}", minutes, seconds));
        
               //gives 03:13
               //same as (B), but with no fractional digits for the seconds
               Debug.Log(string.Format("{0:00}:{1:00}", minutes, seconds)); 
   
               //gives 3:13.3
               //same as (A), but the '#' means we now do AT MOST 2 fractional digits
               Debug.Log(string.Format("{0:0}:{1:00.##}", minutes, seconds));
  
  

The string formatting in .net is really handy once you get the hang of it. Key documentation that's useful is:

General string.Format documentation:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.string.format(v=vs.110).aspx

Custom numeric format documentation (can also be used in ToString functions):

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0c899ak8(v=vs.110).aspx

-Chris