Comments on: Displaying Numbers in MATLAB http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2006/12/27/displaying-numbers-in-matlab/ Loren Shure works on design of the MATLAB language at MathWorks. She writes here about once a week on MATLAB programming and related topics. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:40:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Loren http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2006/12/27/displaying-numbers-in-matlab/#comment-31553 Loren Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:16:13 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/?p=71#comment-31553 Richard- I think you'll need to roll your own using some of the options for fprintf here: http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/fprintf.html You should submit this as an enhancement request using the support link on the right of my blog. --Loren Richard-

I think you’ll need to roll your own using some of the options for fprintf here: http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/fprintf.html

You should submit this as an enhancement request using the support link on the right of my blog.

–Loren

]]> By: Richard http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2006/12/27/displaying-numbers-in-matlab/#comment-31552 Richard Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:12:24 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/?p=71#comment-31552 Is there a way to make fprintf also print numbers in the engineering format? This would be very useful to me as I occasionally use fprintf to print tables of numbers and text for documents. Thanks, Richard Is there a way to make fprintf also print numbers in the engineering format? This would be very useful to me as I occasionally use fprintf to print tables of numbers and text for documents.

Thanks,

Richard

]]> By: Loren http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2006/12/27/displaying-numbers-in-matlab/#comment-30023 Loren Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:38:35 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/?p=71#comment-30023 RVG- Try various options with format or you might have to use fprintf. --Loren RVG-

Try various options with format or you might have to use fprintf.

–Loren

]]> By: RVG http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2006/12/27/displaying-numbers-in-matlab/#comment-30022 RVG Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:03:58 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/?p=71#comment-30022 Thanks for the interesting blog! I have a question, if I want to display a number with ONLY 0 in the LHS of decimal point along with 'e' precision, how do I do it? eg. I have 123456 and want to write this into a file as 0.123456e6, is it possible? Thanks in anticipation! Thanks for the interesting blog!
I have a question, if I want to display a number
with ONLY 0 in the LHS of decimal point along with ‘e’ precision, how do I do it?
eg. I have 123456 and want to write this into a file
as 0.123456e6, is it possible?
Thanks in anticipation!

]]> By: Mohammad Reza http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2006/12/27/displaying-numbers-in-matlab/#comment-16008 Mohammad Reza Fri, 05 Jan 2007 06:30:50 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/?p=71#comment-16008 One the tasks of an array oriented language is to generalise concepts. Take for example the decimal point. In 10.987; it seperate the number into two parts, those parts bigger than one and those that are a fraction. This can be generalised to present the following types of numbers: complex eg. 1j7 (1+7j) circular eg. 3p2 (3.5*pi or may be 3*pi^2) natural eg. 2x3 (2*exp(3)) rational eg. 2r5 (2/5) base eg. 2b101 (101 in base 2) and more; imagination is the limit! The notations can of course be combined, eg: 3r4j5 or 1.2e2r4 just a thought. /m One the tasks of an array oriented language is to generalise concepts. Take for example the decimal point. In 10.987; it seperate the number into two parts, those parts bigger than one and those that are a fraction. This can be generalised to present the following types of numbers:

complex eg. 1j7 (1+7j)
circular eg. 3p2 (3.5*pi or may be 3*pi^2)
natural eg. 2×3 (2*exp(3))
rational eg. 2r5 (2/5)
base eg. 2b101 (101 in base 2)

and more; imagination is the limit!

The notations can of course be combined, eg:
3r4j5 or 1.2e2r4

just a thought.

/m

]]> By: Loren http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2006/12/27/displaying-numbers-in-matlab/#comment-16002 Loren Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:47:48 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/?p=71#comment-16002 Ken- Thanks for the kind words. Here's to a new year of good code and happy coding! --Loren Ken-

Thanks for the kind words. Here’s to a new year of good code and happy coding!

–Loren

]]> By: Ken Campbell http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2006/12/27/displaying-numbers-in-matlab/#comment-15998 Ken Campbell Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:19:34 +0000 http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/?p=71#comment-15998 I have found all of these blogs particularly interesting and am starting to incorporate some of the tricks I've read about it in my own code. I wouldn't say the end result is particularly slick, but it's getting better :-) Thanks for your efforts. I have found all of these blogs particularly interesting and am starting to incorporate some of the tricks I’ve read about it in my own code. I wouldn’t say the end result is particularly slick, but it’s getting better :-) Thanks for your efforts.

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