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format short output with small numbers (bug #56936)
From: |
Rik |
Subject: |
format short output with small numbers (bug #56936) |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:14:40 -0700 |
All,
What should happen when we display small numbers with "format short"
(default)? Should we end up printing a lot of zeros? That is what happens
now.
x = [-pi;0;pi];
x*1e-6
ans =
-0.0000031416
0
0.0000031416
In earlier Octave versions we would switch over to scientific notation at a
certain point. These are the results from version 3.4.3
octave-3.4.3:5> x*1e-3
ans =
-0.0031416
0.0000000
0.0031416
octave-3.4.3:6> x*1e-4
ans =
-3.1416e-04
0.0000e+00
3.1416e-04
--Rik
- format short output with small numbers (bug #56936),
Rik <=