look at the format function, specifically the "%#.##E" (or e) incantation.
On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 8:20 PM, John <j...@onechip.com> wrote: > It seems odd that I haven't stumbled into this before and I am sure I > am doing something wrong, I just can't seem to find a better way around the > issue of working with small numbers. > > Suppose I want to multiply two small numbers such as: 1.23456e-41 * > 1e-20. Unless I am happy with a result of 0, I have to use a really odd > numberFormat statement such as: > > set the numberformat to "0.##########...############" where " …" > represents sixty or so '#' > > This seems really odd. Surely there is a better way to do this. Can > someone help? > > Thanks, > John > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
