From bd5bc5020c43d9a69d8df39d6a96107af49d3d24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bnewbold Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:55:51 +0000 Subject: scientific notation in idl --- software/idl.page | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'software/idl.page') diff --git a/software/idl.page b/software/idl.page index 1a46faa..b684d37 100644 --- a/software/idl.page +++ b/software/idl.page @@ -46,4 +46,6 @@ http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/help/idl.shtml) Basic Constructors -------------------- -BINDGEN, CINDGEN, DCINDGEN, DINDGEN, FINDGEN, L64INDGEN, LINDGEN, UINDGEN, UL64INDGEN, and ULINDGEN create arrays of increasing values, similar to range() in python; the prefix characters indicate the data type (B = byte, C = complex integer, etc). \ No newline at end of file +BINDGEN, CINDGEN, DCINDGEN, DINDGEN, FINDGEN, L64INDGEN, LINDGEN, UINDGEN, UL64INDGEN, and ULINDGEN create arrays of increasing values, similar to range() in python; the prefix characters indicate the data type (B = byte, C = complex integer, etc). + +The exponent notation ``5.67e3`` creates a floating point number, while ``5.67d3`` creates a double length float. \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3