Difference between revisions of "ScientificText Command"

Latest revision as of 12:06, 3 October 2017

This command differs among variants of English:

ScientificText( <Number> ): Displays the number in scientific notation; Example: ScientificText(0.002) gives 2 × 10^-3.

ScientificText( <Number>, <Precision> ): Displays the number in scientific notation, rounded to the number of significant digits specified by precision; Example: ScientificText(e,5) gives 2.7183 × 10⁰.

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-{{command|text|US_version=ScientificText|UK_version=StandardForm}}
+{{command|text|non-UK_version=ScientificText|UK_version=StandardForm}}
-;ScientificText[ <Number> ]
+;ScientificText( <Number> )
 :Displays the number in [[w:Scientific_notation|scientific notation]]
-:{{example|1=<code>ScientificText[0.002]</code> gives ''2 x 10<sup>-3</sup>.''}}
+:{{example|1=<code>ScientificText(0.002)</code> gives ''2 × 10<sup>-3</sup>.''}}
-;ScientificText[ <Number>, <Precision> ]
+;ScientificText( <Number>, <Precision> )
 :Displays the number in [[w:Scientific_notation|scientific notation]], rounded to the number of significant digits specified by '''precision'''
-:{{example|1=<code>ScientificText[e,5]</code> gives ''2.7183 x 10<sup>0</sup>.''}}
+:{{example|1=<code>ScientificText(e,5)</code> gives ''2.7183 × 10<sup>0</sup>.''}}