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Re: numerical values
From: |
Ben Abbott |
Subject: |
Re: numerical values |
Date: |
Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:54:09 -0700 |
On Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at 11:30AM, "Alan Brummer" <address@hidden> wrote:
>How do I set a numerical amount to display:
>
> * Three decimal places (i.e. 123.45678 to 123.467)
> * Four significant figures (i.e. 123.4567 to 123.5)
There is more than one method to accomplish the 1st, ... one is
disp (sprintf ('Three decimal places: %7.3f', 123.45678)
I don't know of a simple method for the second, but something like the code
below will work
x = 123.45678;
n = floor (log10 (x));
x = round (x*10^(3-n)) / 10^(3-n);
disp (sprintf ('Four significant figures: %8g', x))
Ben