Re: format short output with small numbers (bug #56936)

[John W. Eaton]

On 9/24/19 1:19 PM, John W. Eaton wrote:
> On 9/23/19 5:14 PM, Rik wrote:
> > 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

I realize I may have missed the point of your question.  If the behavior 
changed, then I don't know that it was intentional.  Is the situation 
now that there is no point where the switch happens?

jwe