Template:E

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The {{e}} and {{10^}} templates are intended to facilitate and make uniform scientific notation numbers. The {{10^}} template works exactly as described below except that it does not generate a multiplication (“×”) symbol.

Usage[edit source]

To render 3.14×1012, instead of writing 3.14&nbsp;&times;&nbsp;10<sup>&minus;12</sup> you can write 3.14{{e|-12}}:

{{e|b}}×10b

{{10^|b}}10b

{{e|-12}}×1012

{{10^|-12}}1012

The first output character for {{e}} is a non-breaking thin-space (“]” and “[” are used to illustrate the effects):

]{{e|b}}[]×10b[

]{{10^|b}}[]10b[

]{{e|-12}}[]×1012[

]{{10^|-12}}[]1012[

Delimiters[edit source]

The template uses gaps or commas, per {{val/delimitnum}}.
1.2{{e|12341}}1.2×1012341

See #Forcing text display to turn this off.

Text and number recognition[edit source]

By default, the template recognizes both text and numbers. That is, typing 3.14{{e|-12}} will produce 3.14×1012, with the proper minus sign (“”), rather than with a hyphen (“-”). However, typing A{{e|-BC}} will produce A×10-BC since BC is not a number. In those cases, you need to write A{{e|&minus;BC}} to produce the correct A×10−BC.

A minus sign also has to be provided for cases like 1.2×101 − 2 (1.2{{e|1 &minus; 2}}).

Explicit plus sign[edit source]

To explicitly display the + character, write 1.2{{e|4|plus}} which will produce 1.2×10+4.

Forcing text display[edit source]

To force the template to display the input as text, and forgo the automatic delimitation and the recognition of the hyphen as a minus sign, write 1.2{{e|&minus;42342|text}}, which will display 1.2×10−42342 instead of 1.2×1042342. This can also be used as an alternative to explicitly display the plus sign (1.2{{e|+4|text}} gives 1.2×10+4), but remember that you also lose delimitation if you do it this way.

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