Re: DigitBlock problem
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg39604] Re: DigitBlock problem
- From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 02:41:15 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The University of Western Australia
- References: <b34qpo$gkg$1@smc.vnet.net>
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In article <b34qpo$gkg$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
Dragan Stancevic <visitor at xalien.org> wrote:
> I am evaluating the following expression:
>
> For[ i = 15, i < 17,
> Print[PaddedForm[BaseForm[i, 2], 8, NumberPadding -> {"0", ""},
> NumberSigns -> {"", ""}, DigitBlock -> 4, NumberSeparator -> " "]]; i++]
>
> Which produces the following:
> 000001111
> 0001 0000
>
> Can someone explain why is the DigitBlock->4 and NumberSeparator -> " "
> failing to apply to the padded 0s? Am I missing something?
Looks like a bug to me. The same behavior occurs in the following
example:
PaddedForm[10!, 12,
DigitBlock -> 3, NumberPadding -> "0", NumberSeparator -> " "]
NumberSeparator is not being applied to the 0 padding digits.
Cheers,
Paul
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