Re: Convert E notation to standard notation

2013-09-04 Thread Mark Wieder
Richard- Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 6:56:10 PM, you wrote: > Sure it's a number. > Roughly 28 . . . -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscri

Re: Convert E notation to standard notation

2013-09-03 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Nope. It isn't. You're mixing up two different notations. That was the point :) > which Alejandro linked to but > which you left out on purpose yes > to confuse people. Actually, no. Yes, I was being a smart-ass, but I edit nearly ev

Re: Convert E notation to standard notation

2013-09-03 Thread Mark Schonewille
Nope. It isn't. You're mixing up two different notations. In the current context, 10e isn't a number. In another context, it would be the (natural) exponential number e multiplied by 10. This however isn't the context of the Wikipedia page about scientific notation, which Alejandro linked to bu

Re: Convert E notation to standard notation

2013-09-03 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > I'd say that 10e isn't a number because the exponent is missing. Sure it's a number. Roughly 28 . . . :) -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-li

Re: Convert E notation to standard notation

2013-09-03 Thread Mark Schonewille
this survey please http://livecodebeginner.economy-x-talk.com/survey/ On 9/3/2013 23:37, Alejandro Tejada wrote: Hi all, Does LiveCode have a function to convert E notation to standard notation? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#E_notation This script produces a compile error: put 9.7e is a number

Convert E notation to standard notation

2013-09-03 Thread Alejandro Tejada
Hi all, Does LiveCode have a function to convert E notation to standard notation? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#E_notation This script produces a compile error: put 9.7e is a number The message is: Error description: Expression: unquoted literal Some svg files uses E