Hi there
One of my colleagues has always been needing a formatting feature. Should be
fairly easy for a person with a build environment to add this feature.
In OO Calc there's a scientific format, but the engineering format is
missing.
Scientific format is given by
M*10^E
where M is the mantissa and E is the integer exponent
Engineering format is given by
EM*1000^(EE/3)
where EM is the Engineering Mantissa and EE is the Engineering Exponent,
which is a multiple of 3.
you would then be able to write 1244 by
0.00EE+00
as
1.24EE+03
and 12440 as
12.44EE+03
You could also implement the SI prefix system - kilo (k), mega (M), giga
(G).... http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci499008,00.html )
which would allow the user to put in units like metres or ohms
0.00SI"m" for a formatting of 1244 to 1.24km
0.00SI"ohm" for a formatting of 1244 to 1.24kohm
PS. I'm not (yet) on the developing mailing list.
Sincerly
Morten S. Nielsen
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Morten Storgaard Nielsen - Development Engineer
Siemens Flow Instruments A/S http://www.siemens.com/flow
Tel.: 7488 4828 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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