Re: InputForm Query
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg19751] Re: InputForm Query
- From: "David Bailey" <db at salford-software.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 03:53:03 -0400
- Organization: University of Salford, Salford, Manchester, UK
- References: <7redv6$487@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Brian Higgins <bghiggins at ucdavis.edu> wrote in message news:7redv6$487 at smc.vnet.net... > I am using MathScript to post expression evaluated by the kernel into > web pages. When the expressions are algebraically complex, I wrap the > output from the kernel with InputForm. For example(a simple case), > > In[1]:=InputForm[1 + 7/13.*x^2] > > Out[1]//InputForm= > 1 + 0.5384615384615385*x^2 > > The question for the Mathgroup is whether there is a simple way to > automatically truncate the numeric number(s) in the expression so that > all numerical quantities are displayed with a specified number of > digits. When the output from the kernel is purely numerical, then it is > a simple matter to use NumberForm. > Thanks much, NumberForm will work on expressions, but it only acts as a wrapper - so you do not see the effect in InputForm (which you need to flatten out your exponents). One answer is to apply NumberForm to the expression and convert to a string. Then if you convert this back you will have truncated the number: For example: In[58]:= NumberForm[1 + 7/13.*x^2, 4] // ToString // ToExpression // InputForm Out[58]//InputForm= 1 + 0.5385*x Maybe there is a neater way? David Bailey Salford Software