Nancy, It does look like the D is being used to denote the base^x.
Standard scientific notation, as I remember it, takes a number between 1-9.99999, and then a value X such that you multiply the number times 10^X But you already knew that, I'm fairly certain.... :-) Kevin --- "Nancy E. Anthracite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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? > > -- > Nancy Anthracite > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- > Interactive Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop > reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to > DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > Download a FREE copy at > http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
