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[34S & 31S] Unique display mode: significant figures
02-11-2015, 08:18 PM
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RE: [34S & 31S] Unique display mode: significant figures
(02-11-2015 06:15 PM)mendesp Wrote:  I'm probably missing something here, but I can't figure out why I should set SIG 4 to get a 5 significant figures, like in 3.1415, instead of defining a SIG 5 format. It seems to me much easier to ask for a given number of sig figs using SIG display mode. Any explanation would be appreciated.

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Patrick

Two reasons:
  • Analogy with SCI mode - for example, SCI 3 gives 4 significant figures
  • So that SIG 0 displays something useful!
I fully accept that neither reason is entirely convincing, but it's what I chose to do when I wrote the original version of the code and Bit hasn't changed the way it works.

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