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Re: Force to print exponential to e-6 [message #88046 is a reply to message #88045]

Fri, 14 March 2014 06:30

David Fanning
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Doppler writes:

> I have, say an array with three numbers:
> [2e-5,2e-6,2e-7]
>
> I would like to print them on screen like this
> 20.0e-6, 2.0e-6, 0.2e-6
>
> so forcing the exponential to be -6.
>
> I can't figure it out how to do it. I'm trying to use string(format='(e)', x) without success.

I think you will probably have to write some kind of tick formatting
function:

http://www.idlcoyote.com/tips/exponents.html

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
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Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Force to print exponential to e-6 By: aberte@gmail.com on Fri, 14 March 2014 06:19
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