Value for type
| Result
| Example
|
+
| +, -, blank
| +
|
bank
| Fixed dollars and cents
| 3.14
|
compact
| Suppresses excess line feeds to show more output in a single screen. Contrast with loose .
| theta = pi/2
theta=
1.5708
|
hex
| Hexadecimal (hexadecimal representation of a binary double-precision number)
| 400921fb54442d18
|
long
| 15-digit scaled fixed point
| 3.14159265358979
|
long e
| 15-digit floating point
| 3.141592653589793e+00
|
long g
| Best of 15-digit fixed or floating point
| 3.14159265358979
|
loose
| Adds linefeeds to make output more readable. Contrast with compact .
| theta = pi/2
theta=
1.5708
|
rat
| Ratio of small integers
| 355/113
|
short
| 5-digit scaled fixed point
| 3.1416
|
short e
| 5-digit floating point
| 3.1416e+00
|
short g
| Best of 5-digit fixed or floating point
| 3.1416
|