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<B>SCIENTIFIC\_NOTATION</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>declaration</B><P>
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<em>scientific_notation</em>(&lt;m&gt;) or 
<em>scientific_notation</em>({&lt;m&gt;,&lt;n&gt;}) 
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&lt;m&gt; and &lt;n&gt; are positive integers. 
<em>scientific_notation</em> controls the output format of floating point 
numbers. At the default settings, any number with five or less digits 
before the decimal point is printed in a fixed-point notation, e.g., 
12345.6. Numbers with more than five digits are printed in scientific 
notation, e.g., 1.234567E+5. Similarly, by default, any number with 
eleven or more zeros after the decimal point is printed in scientific 
notation. 
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When <em>scientific_notation</em> is called with the numerical argument 
 m a number with more than m digits before the decimal point, 
or m or more zeros after the decimal point, is printed in scientific 
notation. When <em>scientific_notation</em> is called with a list 
{&lt;m&gt;,&lt;n&gt;}, a number with more than m digits before the 
decimal point, or n or more zeros after the decimal point is 
printed in scientific notation. 
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12345.6;

  12345.6



123456.5;

  1.234565e+5



0.00000000000000012;

  1.2e-16



scientific_notation 20;

  5,11



5: 123456.7;

  123456.7



0.00000000000000012;

  0.00000000000000012

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