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Interface IScientificNumberFormat

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ScientificFormat

public interface IScientificNumberFormat
extends Serializable

Provides access to members that format scientific numbers.

Description

The members in the IScientificNumberFormat interface define how the ValueToString method in the associated INumberFormat interface formats numbers.

ScientificFormat expresses numbers as a power of 10. For example, the value 1500 scientifically formatted to 3 significant digits is the expression 1.50e+003, where the number after 'e' is the power of 10. The meaning of this expression is 1.50 X 10^3. The number of digits in the power of 10 expression (+003) cannot be changed and is always a plus or minus sign and 3 digits.

All digits in a scientific format expression are significant. Set the DecimalPlaces property to the number of desired significant digits minus 1. For example, to express the value 1 to 3 significant digits (1.00e+000), set DecimalPlaces to 2.

Remarks

The power behind the scientific format is a way of expressing significant zeros. For example, a 1000 yard distance measured with a bicycle odometer may only be accurate to the nearest 10th mile (176 yards). In this case, 1000 is only significant to one place and should be expressed as 1 X 10^3. On the other hand, you may know the measurement is precise to the last zero (perhaps you carefully measured this distance with a yardstick); you would then want to express the measurement as 1.000 X 10^3.

When To Use

Use this interface when you want to express numbers in a scientific format, for example, to create a table of empirical values.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

See Also:

ILatLonFormat2, CustomNumberFormat, IRateFormat, IAngleFormat, NumericFormat, LatLonFormat, CurrencyFormat, INumericFormat, IFractionFormat, RateFormat, IScientificNumberFormat, ICustomNumberFormat, ILatLonFormat, IPercentageFormat, INumberFormat, ScientificFormat, FractionFormat, PercentageFormat, AngleFormat

Method Summary

int	getDecimalPlaces() The number of decimal digits in a scientifically-formatted number.
void	setDecimalPlaces(int num) The number of decimal digits in a scientifically-formatted number.

Method Detail

setDecimalPlaces

void setDecimalPlaces(int num)
                      throws IOException,
                             AutomationException

The number of decimal digits in a scientifically-formatted number.

Description

Set the DecimalPlaces property to the number of desired significant digits minus 1. For example, to express the value 1 to 3 significant digits (1.00e+000), set DecimalPlaces to 2. The default value is 6.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Parameters:

num - The num (in)

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

See Also:

ILatLonFormat2, CustomNumberFormat, IRateFormat, IAngleFormat, NumericFormat, LatLonFormat, CurrencyFormat, INumericFormat, IFractionFormat, RateFormat, IScientificNumberFormat, ICustomNumberFormat, ILatLonFormat, IPercentageFormat, INumberFormat, ScientificFormat, FractionFormat, PercentageFormat, AngleFormat

getDecimalPlaces

int getDecimalPlaces()
                     throws IOException,
                            AutomationException

The number of decimal digits in a scientifically-formatted number.

Description

The DecimalPlaces property sets or returns a long representing the number of decimals to show in the mantissa. Since all digits in a scientific format expression are significant, set the DecimalPlaces property to the number of desired significant digits minus 1. For example, to express the value 1 to 3 significant digits (1.00e+000), set DecimalPlaces to 2. The default value is 6.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Supported Platforms

Windows, Solaris, Linux

Returns:

The num

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

See Also:

ILatLonFormat2, CustomNumberFormat, IRateFormat, IAngleFormat, NumericFormat, LatLonFormat, CurrencyFormat, INumericFormat, IFractionFormat, RateFormat, IScientificNumberFormat, ICustomNumberFormat, ILatLonFormat, IPercentageFormat, INumberFormat, ScientificFormat, FractionFormat, PercentageFormat, AngleFormat