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Re: Setting Precision
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Paul Kienzle |
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Re: Setting Precision |
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Wed, 18 Sep 2002 11:15:37 -0400 |
To change the displayed precision you can use the following:
octave:3> output_precision = 3
output_precision = 3
octave:4> pi
pi = 3.14
To change the calculated precision, you can try using the symbolic
toolbox available from octave-forge (http://octave.sf.net). I say
"try" because it doesn't work like I expect, but I don't know if that
is a bug in my expectations or in the code:
octave:40> symbols
octave:41> digits(3)
ans = 3
octave:42> x = vpa(pi)
x =
3.1416
octave:43> sin(x)
ans = -8.91e-06
octave:44> sin(pi)
ans = 1.22e-16
octave:45> vpa(2)/vpa(3)
ans =
0.666664
Paul Kienzle
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On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 12:14:19PM -0300, Diego Ruiz Moreno wrote:
> Hello to all,
> I ' m using OCTAVE to teaching Numerical Analysis and I want that
> the students make some calculation with different precision .... Is this
> possible ? Is possible to change the number of digit that octave shows
> on the screen (I mean if I ask for PI, Octave answer 3.1416, but I know
> that there are more decimals )?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Diego
>
>
>
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