how to split a number?

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Paromita Bhattacharjee
Paromita Bhattacharjee on 30 Aug 2015
Commented: Walter Roberson on 30 Aug 2015
I have a number a=2.3*10^5, I want to separate 2.3 and 10^5 as two different data value. How do I do it? please help

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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 30 Aug 2015
>> x = 2.3*10^5;
>> y = 10^floor(log10(x))
y =
100000
>> z = x/y
z =
2.3
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 30 Aug 2015
Watch out for negative numbers and watch out for 0.

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