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How can I print a number's significant figures? #15

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ahmadtourei opened this issue Aug 4, 2023 · 1 comment

ahmadtourei commented Aug 4, 2023 •

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Hello,

How can I print a number's significant figures?

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ahmadtourei changed the title ~~How can print a number's significant figures?~~ How can I print a number's significant figures?

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MikeBusuttil commented Aug 7, 2023

hi @ahmadtourei ,

If you mean "How can I get the total number of significant digits from a number given it's uncertainty?" then you could do something like:

>>> len(round('2786273647632', uncertainty=57963, notation='eng').split('E')[0]) - 1
9

As an example with the number 2786273647632 and uncertainty 57963 yielding the total number of significant digits = 9.

If you're looking for something else, could you clarify with an example?

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