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rdococ · 2012-02-24 13:54:56

I just found this while working on a calculator in Scratch.

If you want to turn a scientific input (perhaps asked with the ask block) into a normal number Squeak can process, you simply do this:

((number) - (0))

It turns 3e3 into 3000, 1e1 into 10, etc. This also works with fractions:

3.0e3 turns into 3000.0 aswell.

I hope you make use of this kind-of bug to help you with any scientific projects!

ProgramCAT · 2012-02-24 14:24:18

yikes
Cool! I never knew that!

rdococ · 2012-02-24 14:31:34

Yep! I didn't know about it until I stepped upon something -- doing some mathematical random stuff in my calculator, I tried 3.3e3 in a sum and it worked! So I messed around a little, and found this out!

Lucario621 · 2012-02-24 14:32:58

Nice find rdococ! I'll be sure to include this in the Scratch Wiki. wink

rdococ · 2012-02-24 14:40:41

Yay! Someone puts my discovery in the Scratch Wiki! smile

Lucario621 · 2012-02-24 14:50:15

After doing a few tests, it seems that you can also do the following:

((number) + (0))
((number) / (1))
((number) * (1))

And they will have the same effect. smile

rdococ · 2012-02-24 14:52:42

Lucario621 wrote:
After doing a few tests, it seems that you can also do the following:
((number) + (0))
((number) / (1))
((number) * (1))
And they will have the same effect.

Yep -- any mathematical function will work.

Lucario621 · 2012-02-24 15:16:30

You can see here I added a section about scientific numbers. I also added a similar section to the articles for other mathematical operations.

scmb1 · 2012-02-24 16:53:15

Wow, awesome! I'm jealous I didn't find that. tongue

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How to turn a scientific number (e.g. 3.3e3) into a normal number

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Re: How to turn a scientific number (e.g. 3.3e3) into a normal number

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