Convert E notation to standard notation

[Mark Schonewille]

Hi Alejandro,

I'd say that 10e isn't a number because the exponent is missing. 10e2, 
however, is a number and LiveCode understands this.

put 10e2*1
--> 1000

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On 9/3/2013 23:37, Alejandro Tejada wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does LiveCode have a function to convert
> E notation to standard notation?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation#E_notation
>
> This script produces a compile error:
>
> put 9.7e is a number
>
> The message is:
> Error description: Expression: unquoted literal
>
> Some svg files uses E notation for their path coordinates.
> I know that Inkscape could "simplify" these kind of
> paths, but this could be really inconvenient many times.
> http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Paths-Creating.html
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Al
>