And almost any programming language today will use "E" or "e" (usually
as synonyms).

--- John Leo Zimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> DON't split the coefficient from the root.
> Open Office Calc expresses the exponent with an "E" rather than "D".
> I think that if you replace "D-" with "E-" and "D " with "E" the file
> would
> import to Calc as a
> tab delimited table.
> 
> regards,
> jlz
> 
> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: "Nancy E. Anthracite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 08:48:13 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Numbers for programs stored in
> Databases
> 
> > http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/data/1977coefficients2.txt
> > 
> > If you click on the word "Coefficients" at the top of this page, 
> > there is a table with this sort of notation.
> > 
> > I was going to pull it into a spreadsheet and I thought it might be
> 
> > easier to separate out the exponent rather than leave it there to
> be 
> > parsed out.  That way when I exported it again, I could comma 
> > delimit it rather than "D" delimit it.
> > 
> > I was wondering why it was done that way. Greg probably has the
> answer.
> > 
> > On Saturday 22 January 2005 11:34 pm, Greg Kreis wrote:
> > > I am not sure of what you are asking.  Are you referring to this?
> > >
> > >  >w .24e-2
> > >
> > > .0024
> > >
> > > Nancy E. Anthracite wrote:
> > > >Is it fairly typical to provide numbers in a format with a D
> followed by a
> > > >power of 10, i.e. 0.2400000D-02 is really .00240000, for entry
> into
> > > >databases to be parsed and used by programs?  If it is, is the
> D-02
> > > > portion usually provided in the same piece of data or "cell" or
> whatever
> > > > you want to call it, or in a different, perhaps adjoining,
> cell?
> 
> 
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