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Formatting scientific notation

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I am using Filemaker 9 and 7

I need to display a number in scientific notation to one decimal place

For example, if I create two number fields, A and B and a calculation field A:B ratio, and:

Field A = 1

Field B = 654321

A:B Ratio = 0.000001528301858

I want the A:B ratio to display as 1.5e-6

If I use “General format” for the ratio field, it displays 1.528301858e-6

Is there a way to truncate the number of decimals in the display of the calculated result?

Any suggestions most gratefully received…

See if these help:

http://www.fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/158753/post/159418/#159418

http://www.briandunning.com/cf/220

  • 2 weeks later...
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  • Newbies

Thank you

The custom function works beautifully

http://www.briandunning.com/cf/220

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