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Re: ToString Awkwardness

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• Subject: [mg126869] Re: ToString Awkwardness
• From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr357 at gmail.com>
• Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:32:58 -0400 (EDT)
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"f(x) = " <> ToString[8.71 10^-15, TraditionalForm]

"f(x) = " <> ToString[TraditionalForm[8.71 10^-15]]


Bob Hanlon


On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:55 AM, Kevin J. McCann <kjm at kevinmccann.com> wrote:
> 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

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    • From: "Kevin J. McCann" <kjm@KevinMcCann.com>