On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 17:46:49 -0500, Mark E. Shoulson <mark@...> wrote:

> No. 1e4. e/E does not mean superscripted or "raised to the power of."
> It's for scientific notation, it means "times 10 to the power of..." So
> it is sensible to say 1.43e7 to mean 14300000, not to mean 1.43^7. At
> least, that's how I see it in most computer notation; it may have been
> different in Fortran.

I see your point. I'm really rusty, though! Thank you. A longer form I'm
pretty sure I've seen is "1.43 x 10^7", which should be the same value as
your example.

Best regards,

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Nicholas Bodley /*|*\ Waltham, Mass. (Not "MA")
who programmed a Philco 2000 in assembler in 1962