Re: ToString Awkwardness
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- Subject: [mg126857] Re: ToString Awkwardness
- From: Tomas Garza <tgarza10 at msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:28:50 -0400 (EDT)
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I tried the following and it seems to work:
First, evaluate
Clear[x, y];
x = NumberForm[8.71 10^-15, {4, 4}]
Immediately after this, evaluate
y = %
Finally, evaluate
Row[{"f(x) = ", y}]
-Tomas
> Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 04:55:34 -0400
> From: kjm at KevinMcCann.com
> Subject: ToString Awkwardness
> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
>
> I have several plots with annotation that includes parameter values. I
> am using ToString inside a Text command to do this, and all is well
> unless the values are small so that the results are in scientific
> notation. When this happens, I get something like this:
>
> "f(x) = " <> ToString[8.71 10^-15]
>
> f(x) = -15
> 8.71 10
>
> Which is a bit awkward looking in the plot. Upon further investigation,
> I looked at the FullForm of the above and got:
>
> "f(x) = -15\n8.71 10"
>
> So, I see why the output "looks funny". The exponent is treated
> separately from the 10. Any suggestions for nicer looking output?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
- References:
- ToString Awkwardness
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <kjm@KevinMcCann.com>
- ToString Awkwardness