format

(/tools/hpmatlab/toolbox/matlab/general/format.m)

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FORMAT	Set output format.
	All computations in MATLAB are done in double precision.
	FORMAT may be used to switch between different output
 	display formats as follows:
 	  FORMAT         Default. Same as SHORT.
 	  FORMAT SHORT   Scaled fixed point format with 5 digits.
 	  FORMAT LONG    Scaled fixed point format with 15 digits.
 	  FORMAT SHORT E Floating point format with 5 digits.
 	  FORMAT LONG E  Floating point format with 15 digits.
 	  FORMAT HEX     Hexadecimal format.
 	  FORMAT +       The symbols +, - and blank are printed 
 	                 for positive, negative and zero elements.
 	                 Imaginary parts are ignored.
 	  FORMAT BANK    Fixed format for dollars and cents.
 	  FORMAT COMPACT Suppress extra line-feeds.
 	  FORMAT LOOSE   Puts the extra line-feeds back in.
	  FORMAT RAT     Approximation by ratio of small integers.

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