[OctDev] Re: 'text' problems

[Stefan v. d. W. <st...@su...>]

On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 03:12:40AM -0600, Pascal A. Dupuis wrote:
> atstr = sprintf("%f,%f", position(1),position(2));
> 
> str = sprintf("%f", 1e-9) 
> results in ... 0!
> 
> The following patch seems to work for me:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> --- text.m.orig 2004-12-03 10:08:10.000000000 +0100
> +++ text.m      2004-12-03 10:08:42.000000000 +0100
> @@ -147,9 +147,9 @@
>      font = "";
>    endif
>    if position(3)!=0,
> -    atstr = sprintf("%f,%f,%f", position(1),position(2),position(3));
> +    atstr = sprintf("%e,%e,%e", position(1),position(2),position(3));
>    else
> -    atstr = sprintf("%f,%f", position(1),position(2));
> +    atstr = sprintf("%e,%e", position(1),position(2));
>    endif
>    command = sprintf('gset label "%s" at %s %s %s %s%s',
>                     str, units, atstr, align, rotate, font);
> ----------------------------------------------------------

If you do that, bigger numbers will also be printed in engineering
notation.  I.e.

octave:22> sprintf("%e\n", 1024)
ans = 1.024000e+03

What is the most common behaviour required of "text"?

Regards
Stefan