Result = STRSCI( 2000000, format='(i1)' ) print, result ; 6 ; prints 2 x 10!u6!n, which gets plotted as 2 x 10 Result = STRSCI( -0.0001 ) print, result ; 4 ; prints -1.00 x 10!u-4!n, which gets plotted as 1.00 x 10 Result = STRSCI( 0d0, format='(f13.8)' ) print, result ; ; prints, 0.00000000

$Id: strsci.pro 325 2007-12-06 10:04:53Z pinsard $ Copyright (C) 1998, 1999 Bob Yantosca and Martin Schultz, Harvard University This software is provided as is without any warranty whatsoever. It may be freely used, copied or distributed for non-commercial purposes. This copyright notice must be kept with any copy of this software. If this software shall be used commercially or sold as part of a larger package, please contact the author to arrange payment. Bugs and comments should be directed to bmy@io.harvard.edu or mgs@io.harvard.edu with subject "IDL routine strsci"

bmy, 28 May 1998: VERSION 1.00 B - now returns string of the form A x 10 mgs, 29 May 1998: - bug fix: now allows negative numbers - keyword MANTISSA_ONLY added - default format changed to f12.2 bmy, 02 Jun 1998: - renamed to STRSCI ("STRing SCIentific notation"), mgs, 03 Jun 1998: - added TRIM keyword mgs, 22 Sep 1998: - added SHORT keyword - modified handling of TRIM keyword mgs, 24 Sep 1998: - bug fix with SHORT flag bmy & mgs, 02 Jun 1999: - now can handle DATA=0.0 correctly - updated comments mgs, 03 Jun 1999: - can now also handle values lt 1 ;-) - and doesn't choke on arrays

This function does not "evaluate" the format statement thoroughly which can result in somewhat quirky strings. Example: print,strsci(-9.999) results in -10.0x10^0 instead of -1.0x10^1. Need a better symbol than the 'x' for the multiplier...