var a = 5.0;
var b = a * 10e-12;
b *= 10e+12
print(b)
Why b equals 500 instead of 5?
As far as I know 10^(-12) equals to 1/(10^12), how can i rewrite the code?
var a = 5.0;
var b = a * 10e-12;
b *= 10e+12
print(b)
Why b equals 500 instead of 5?
As far as I know 10^(-12) equals to 1/(10^12), how can i rewrite the code?
Share Improve this question edited Nov 26, 2014 at 14:21 zzzzBov 179k56 gold badges327 silver badges371 bronze badges asked Nov 26, 2014 at 14:12 user983302user983302 1,4373 gold badges15 silver badges23 bronze badges 2- 2 actually. 10e12 is 1e13 – Marc B Commented Nov 26, 2014 at 14:17
- So stupid mistake, thank you all for clarification. – user983302 Commented Nov 26, 2014 at 14:24
2 Answers
Reset to default 1510-12 × 1012 = 1
But what you wrote wasn't 10-12, nor did you write 1012.
What you wrote was 10 × 1012 and 10 × 10-12:
10 × 1012 × 10 × 10-12 = 100
100 × 5 = 500
Proper scientific notation is 1e-12 and 1e12. The e stands for "ten to the power of", so you don't need to multiply that value by ten again.
"As far as I know 10^(-12) equals to 1/(10^12)" -- that is correct, but
10e-12 actually means 10*10^(-12)