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==== Scientific Notation (AREV Specific) ====
=== At 21 FEB 2000 05:53:48PM Bruce wrote: ===
 
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Hello,



What is the cleanest way to convert from e-notation to a standard format in arev.  For example, If I divide 17.00/38016 I get a number in e-notation.  Is there another way i should be making this calculation in Arev?  



Thanks Bruce.








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=== At 21 FEB 2000 05:57PM Matt Sorrell wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Bruce,



If you knew ahead of time what level of precision that you needed, then you can use the MDx formatting / CONV codes, where x is the number of decimal places.

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=== At 21 FEB 2000 06:02PM Matt Sorrell wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Bruce,



My fingers got ahead of me, and I didn't put in an example.



For instance, if you calculated this result as:



OCONV( ICONV( 17.00 / 38016 , "MD6"), "MD6")



then ARev returns the result of .000447.



Basically, you have to force ARev to ignore it's level of precision by defining your own level of precision.  I can get this to work reliably up to MD9.



FWIW,



Matt Sorrell

msorrel@greyhound.com

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=== At 21 FEB 2000 07:18PM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com" onMouseOver=window.status=Click here to visit our web site?';return(true)]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>ICONV/OCONV can accept MD values from 0 through F.  However, there might be a limitation to how long the result can be before an error occurs.  It appears that if the result exceeds 15 chars, a runtime error is encountered.





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=== At 22 FEB 2000 10:08AM Matt Sorrell wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Andrew / Aaron / Carl,



Never know which one of you I'm talking to any more.  That explains why MD10 blew up (well, just returned 0.0) on me.  I didn't even think to try hex.  Oh well.



Thx for the info,



Matt Sorrell

msorrel@greyhound.com



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=== At 22 FEB 2000 11:37AM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com" onMouseOver=window.status=Click here to visit our web site?';return(true)]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:  ===

<QUOTE>Spooky isn't it . It is documented in OI - unsure of AREV.



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