number convert

[tigrex]

how can i convert?
for example:

1e-06 -convert to-> 1.0u

regardless what input number format.

also convert to nearest scientific (1e-08 --> 100.0u)... example m, u, n, etc.

i am using csh.

thanks

[drl]

Hi.

This is a perl module. If you are required to actually script the solution in csh, I think you are in for some interesting work. You could get some ideas from this module if you can read perl.

Convert::SciEng supplies an object for converting numbers to and from scientific notation with user-defined formatting. Three different styles of fix are supported, standard CS, SI and SPICE:

 SPICE  =    P    T    g    x    k   ''    m    u    n     p     f     a
 SI     =    P    T    G    M    K   ''    m    u    n     p     f     a
 Fix    = 1e15 1e12  1e9  1e6  1e3  1e0 1e-3 1e-6 1e-9 1e-12 1e-15 1e-18

 CS     =    P    T    G    M    K   ''
 Fix    = 2^50 2^40 2^30 2^20 2^10  2^0

Methods are supplied for creating the object and defining which fix style it will use, and defining for format of numbers as they are converted to scientific notation.

See Convert::SciEng - Convert 'numbers' with scientific postfixes - search.cpan.org fro more information.

Best wishes ... cheers, drl