[LON-CAPA-users] sig figs

H. K. Ng lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:00:51 -0400


At 11:56 AM 9/12/03 -0400, you wrote:

>Is "3+2" a valid designation for sig figs?

The last I heard, it is not. I have been changing my problems to 3,5


><responseparam description="Significant Figures" type="int_range,0-12"
>default="3+2" name="sig" />
>
>I've got a problem coded this way. It does not accept
>360 N, it does not accept 360.1N. It DOES accept 360. N.
>
>Did things just get pickier with 1.0.1?

No, it has always being that way, as far as I know.

-hk