Previous: engineering-format, Up: engineering-format [Contents][Index]
Default value: true
This variable allows to temporarily switch off engineering-format.
(%i1) load("engineering-format"); (%o1) /home/gunter/src/maxima-code/share/contrib/engineering-for\ mat.lisp
(%i2) float(sin(10)/10000); (%o2) - 54.40211108893698e-6
(%i3) engineering_format_floats:false$
(%i4) float(sin(10)/10000); (%o4) - 5.440211108893698e-5
See also fpprintprec
and float
.
Default value: 0.0
The minimum absolute value that isn’t automatically converted to the engineering format.
See also engineering_format_max
and engineering_format_floats
.
(%i1) lst: float([.05,.5,5,500,5000,500000]); (%o1) [0.05, 0.5, 5.0, 500.0, 5000.0, 500000.0]
(%i2) load("engineering-format"); (%o2) /home/gunter/src/maxima-code/share/contrib/engineering-for\ mat.lisp
(%i3) lst; (%o3) [50.0e-3, 500.0e-3, 5.0e+0, 500.0e+0, 5.0e+3, 500.0e+3]
(%i4) engineering_format_min:.1$ (%i5) engineering_format_max:1000$
(%i6) lst; (%o6) [50.0e-3, 0.5, 5.0, 500.0, 5.0e+3, 500.0e+3]
Default value: 0.0
The maximum absolute value that isn’t automatically converted to the engineering format.
See also engineering_format_min
and engineering_format_floats
.
Previous: engineering-format, Up: engineering-format [Contents][Index]