Re: Unexpected Result for InputForm
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg47647] Re: Unexpected Result for InputForm
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 03:18:53 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
- References: <c5oasf$1fd$1@smc.vnet.net>
- Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi, precision is a flaoting point number ans not just "29 digits" Regards Jens Harold Noffke wrote: > > $Version "5.0 for Microsoft Windows [2000] (November 18, 2003)" > > MathGroup: > > In[5]:= > $NumberMarks > Out[5]= > Automatic > In[6]:= > x=1234567890.12345678901234567890; > In[7]:= > InputForm[x] > Out[7]//InputForm= > 1.2345678901234567890123456789`29.091514977212704*^9 > > In Out[7], the `29 says there are 29 digits (correct); the *^9 says > x10**9 (correct); but the .091514977212704 in between I can't figure > out. What does this string of numbers mean, and where is it's > documentation? > > Thanks. > Harold