kirwyn opened this issue on Jul 27, 2010 · 5 posts
kirwyn posted Tue, 27 July 2010 at 12:45 PM
Sometimes when working on various joint parameters, I come across the letter "e" within the set of numbers. Does anyone know what the "e" stands for?
TrekkieGrrrl posted Tue, 27 July 2010 at 12:46 PM
I've always assumed it was a sort of Error - like "out of bounds" thing. As far as I can tell it doesn't REALLY matter. At least i've had it quite a few, otherwise working, rigs :)
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bagginsbill posted Tue, 27 July 2010 at 1:15 PM
Numbers can be written in exponential notation. In this notation, there is a number before and after the e. The number after the e is a power of 10. That power of 10 is multiplied with the digits before the e.
For example, 1.5e6 is 1.5 times 10 ^ 6. 10^6 is 1 million, or 1000000. So that means 1.5 million. Written out normally it would be 1500000.
The number 3.4e9 means 3.4 billion, or 3400000000. Exponential notaion sometimes takes less space, sometimes more.
Tiny numbers use negative exponents. A negative exponent means divide, not multiply.
So, 1e-9 is .000000001. 1.53e-9 is .00000000153.
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kirwyn posted Tue, 27 July 2010 at 1:25 PM
I gotcha. Thanks TG and BB.
TrekkieGrrrl posted Tue, 27 July 2010 at 3:38 PM
Ah so that's what they are :) Thanks for explaining it.
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