>From TRL2, last sentence of the first paragraph on page 137: "Following completion of the division (and rounding, if necessary), insignificant trailing zeros are removed".
On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 1:44 AM WalterPachl via Oorexx-devel < oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > A question came up in Quora: > "Wenn ich die Zahl 9.198.887.906 auf 3 signifikante Stellen in > wissenschaftlicher Notation runden muss, sollte ich dann 9,2e+9 oder > 9,20e+9 schreiben?" > > > */* REXX */* > *Numeric Digits 3* > *say 9198887906+0* > *say 9198887906/1* > > gives (ooRexx R5 and Regina) > J:\>rexx nd3 > 9.20E+9 > 9.2E+9????? why ???? > J:\>regina nd3 > 9.20E+9 > 9.20E+9 > Surprised once more > Walter > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >
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