Lookat the foreign conjunction Format (8!:). It might be what you need. On Dec 4, 2007 1:00 AM, Alex Rufon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi. > > > > I'm vexed lately. J > > > > You see, I've been working on sample garments material purchasing for > some time and this one is giving me a head ache. You see, I have to work > with % allowances which sometimes translates to numbers which have more > than 8 decimal position. Unfortunately, this is a sample garment or a > prototype that the industrial engineers really want me to return the > precise values. The problem is not in calculating them but in printing > the values. > > > > Take the following for example: > > 0.0000000924123412341 > > 9.24123412341e_8 > > > > Or while working with some keys ... I have the following problem: > > encodekey=: verb define > > 100000 100000 100000 base y > > ) > > > > decodekey=: verb define > > 100000 100000 100000 antibase y > > ) > > > > encodekey 999999 12345 12345 > > 9.99999123451234e15 > > > > I do know that using the format function will print the text properly > like so: > 20j18 format 0.0000000924123412341 > > 0.000000092412341234 > > 20j0 format encodekey 999999 12345 12345 > > 9999991234512344 > > Unfortunately, this will entail that I have to work with boxes now since > some of my values will be strings. > > > > Is there a setting in J or a process that I am missing so that the > correct values are printed? Thanks. > > > > r/Alex > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
