Scientific notation to number, a solution?

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 38650
interpreted = N
texte = Sometimes the price is written to orders in scientific notation instead of a normal number and this cause problems inside the math tags. I have found a solution to this problem and I would like to know what you think.My solution is to use grep:[Text]num=[Math][Grep search=(e )&replace=*10^]2.6e 06[/Grep][/Math][/Text] [Text]num2=[Math][Grep search=(e )&replace=*10^]5400000[/Grep][/Math][/Text][num],[num2]It works either with numbers in scientific notation and with normal numbers.Is it OK?Regards, -- Marco Bambini Vampire Software http://www.vampiresoft.com------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Scientific notation to number, a solution? (Marco Bambini 2001)
Sometimes the price is written to orders in scientific notation instead of a normal number and this cause problems inside the math tags. I have found a solution to this problem and I would like to know what you think.My solution is to use grep:[text]num=[math][Grep search=(e )&replace=*10^]2.6e 06[/Grep][/Math][/Text] [text]num2=[math][Grep search=(e )&replace=*10^]5400000[/Grep][/Math][/Text][num],[num2]It works either with numbers in scientific notation and with normal numbers.Is it OK?Regards, -- Marco Bambini Vampire Software http://www.vampiresoft.com------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Marco Bambini

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