The following function would work in J5.04 or later versions and is quite fast:
cm=: ('_',a.)&i. { ('-',a.)"_
cm '_1.234e_45'
-1.234e-45
x=: 1e6 $ '_1.234e_45 '
6!:2 'cm x'
0.00587002
----- Original Message -----
From: David Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2007 15:27
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Newbie brain freeze
To: Programming forum <[email protected]>
> Thanks to all for the help with my formatting problem!
> What a great
> resource this forum has turned out to be.
>
> Simon's implementation is working and, as predicted, is
> slow. I'll see
> if the others work any faster.
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