printingAccuracy -- current accuracy for printing numbers

Synopsis

• Usage:

  printingAccuracy = n

• Inputs:
  • n, an integer
• Consequences:

  • Henceforth, inexact numbers are printed with at most n digits to the right of the decimal point displayed. The special case where n=-1 is interpreted as meaning n=infinity, and this case is used when a number appears alone on an output line.

Description

i1 : printingPrecision,printingAccuracy

o1 = (6, -1)

o1 : Sequence

i2 : 1p100e-5/3

o2 = .00000333333333333333333333333333333

o2 : RR (of precision 100)

i3 : x = {1p100e-5/3,1p100e-4/3,1p100e-3/3,1p100e-2/3}

o3 = {.00000333333, .0000333333, .000333333, .00333333}

o3 : List

i4 : printingAccuracy = 8

o4 = 8

i5 : x

o5 = {.00000333, .00003333, .00033333, .00333333}

o5 : List

i6 : printingAccuracy = 4

o6 = 4

i7 : x

o7 = {0, 0, .0003, .0033}

o7 : List

See also

• printingAccuracy -- current accuracy for printing numbers
• printingLeadLimit -- maximum number of leading zeroes to use when printing real numbers
• printingTrailLimit -- maximum number of additional trailing digits to use when printing real numbers
• printingSeparator -- string used to separate mantissa from exponent when printing real numbers
• format -- format a string or a real number