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From: mhx@iae.nl (mhx)
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Subject: Re: Display Engineering Notation with SI Prefix
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:39:34 +0000
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:02:26 +0000, dxf wrote:

> On 29/08/2024 1:32 am, dxf wrote:
[..]
> The real (FE.) has no such issues and works as expected ...
>
> VFX Forth 64 for Windows x64
>   © MicroProcessor Engineering Ltd, 1998-2023
>
>  Version: 5.43 [build 4241]
>  Build date: 22 December 2023
>
> 2 set-precision  ok
> 1.234e 1e2 f* -1 (fe.) type 120.E0 ok

Using the non-standard set-precision of iForth:

FORTH> 2 set-precision 1.234e f. 1.23  ok
FORTH> 1 set-precision 1.234e f. 1.2  ok
FORTH> 3 set-precision 1.234e f. 1.234  ok
FORTH> 3 set-precision 1234e  f. 1234.000  ok
FORTH> 0 set-precision 1234e  f. 1234  ok

Didn't F83 have DIGITS ?

-marcel