You are here: NRAO Public Wiki>ALMA Web>TWikiUsers>ToddHunter>CasaExtensions>RoundFigures>RoundFiguresToString (2015-08-30, ToddHunter) Edit wiki text Edit Attach Print version

roundFiguresToString

Return to directory of Todd's CASA extensions

This function rounds a floating point or integer value to a number of significant figures and outputs a string. See also roundFigures.

Usage: 

au.roundFiguresToString(value, digits)
Inputs:
  • value: value to be rounded (between 1e-20 and 1e+20)
  • digits: number of significant digits, both before or after decimal point

Examples: 

CASA <4>: au.roundFiguresToString(1145.13, 2)
  Out[4]: '1100'        

CASA <13>: au.roundFiguresToString(0.0013, 1)
  Out[13]: '0.001'

-- ToddHunter - 2015-08-30
Edit  | Attach | Print version | History: r1 | Backlinks | View wiki text | Edit wiki text | More topic actions
Topic revision: r1 - 2015-08-30, ToddHunter
This site is powered by FoswikiCopyright © by the contributing authors. All material on this collaboration platform is the property of the contributing authors.
Ideas, requests, problems regarding NRAO Public Wiki? Send feedback