[LON-CAPA-users] nS in &format

[Joseph Topich]

#Enter the computations here
$a=&format(&random(1.00,9.99,0.10),'2f');
$b=58.44;
$c=$a*$b;
$c=&format($c, '3s');

Guy,

The script above will display 3 significant figures but it does not round 
up.  If I use 2e instead of 3s, it displays x.xxEx with the exponential 
number rounded properly.

Joe Topich


At 03:15 PM 7/7/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Joe,
>
> > When using the LON-CAPA  "&format" function with the nS parameter,  I get
> > the correct number of significant figures but it doesn't round
> > properly.
>
>This is a new feature we are testing for 2.0 so there might be some
>issues with it, can you give me an example of it 'not rounding
>properly' so I can fix it?
>
>Thanks!
>
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