Function: calc-sci-notation

calc-sci-notation is an autoloaded, interactive and byte-compiled function defined in calc-mode.el.gz.

Signature

(calc-sci-notation N)

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/calc/calc-mode.el.gz
(defun calc-sci-notation (n)
  (interactive "P")
  (calc-wrapper
   (calc-change-mode 'calc-float-format
		     (setq n (list 'sci (if n (prefix-numeric-value n) 0)))
		     t)
   (if (eq (nth 1 n) 0)
       (message "Displaying floats in scientific notation")
     (if (> (nth 1 n) 0)
	 (message "Displaying scientific notation with %d significant digits"
		  (nth 1 n))
       (message "Displaying scientific notation with (precision%d)"
		(nth 1 n))))))