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printingLeadLimit -- maximum number of leading zeroes to use when printing real numbers

Usage:

printingLeadLimit = n
Inputs:
- n, an integer
Consequences:
- Real numbers are printed with at most n leading zeroes.

Description

i1 : 1/30000000000.

o1 = 3.333333333333333e-11

o1 : RR (of precision 53)

i2 : printingLeadLimit

o2 = 5

i3 : printingLeadLimit = 20

o3 = 20

i4 : 1/30000000000.

o4 = .00000000003333333333333333

o4 : RR (of precision 53)

See also

printingPrecision -- current precision for printing numbers
printingAccuracy -- current accuracy for printing numbers
printingTrailLimit -- maximum number of additional trailing digits to use when printing real numbers
printingSeparator -- string used to separate mantissa from exponent when printing real numbers
format -- format a string or real number

For the programmer

The object printingLeadLimit is an integer.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/doc3.m2:185:0.