Thread Subject: number to string without dot or decimal

Hi
If i have a number, num = 1.2e-3, is there any way that when i convert it to string the dot does not show up. In other words how can i get 12e-4. I tried

sprintf('%2.0e', num) gives 1e-003
sprintf('%2.0f', num) gives 0
num2str(num) gives 0.0012
but i am looking for a string with no dot that is 12e-4.

Thanks in advance

"Amaninder Saini" <prince2princeca@hotmail.com> wrote in message <hdd9sd$a5b$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Hi
> If i have a number, num = 1.2e-3, is there any way that when i convert it to string the dot does not show up. In other words how can i get 12e-4. I tried
>
> sprintf('%2.0e', num) gives 1e-003
> sprintf('%2.0f', num) gives 0
> num2str(num) gives 0.0012
> but i am looking for a string with no dot that is 12e-4.
>
> Thanks in advance

% Try:
 strrep(sprintf('%2.1e', num),'.','')

On Nov 11, 4:09 am, "Amaninder Saini" <prince2princ...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi
> If i have a number, num = 1.2e-3, is there any way that when i convert it to string the dot does not show up. In other words how can i get 12e-4. I tried
>
> sprintf('%2.0e', num) gives 1e-003
> sprintf('%2.0f', num) gives 0
> num2str(num)  gives  0.0012
> but i am looking for a string with no dot that is 12e-4.
>
> Thanks in advance

The documentation claims that the powers are written in multiples of
3. Probably, you will have to do it manually then.

The solution provided by Naresh will give 12e-3 and not 12e-4.

if your format always remains x.ye-3 then, you could do it this way.

num = 1.2e-3;
num = num/10;
num_c = num2str(num, '%10.1e\n');
num_c = strrep(num_c, '.', '');

best, arun.

arun <aragorn168b@gmail.com> wrote in message <175e1503-b9a8-466d-8179-03f1f8a617cf@v25g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>...
> On Nov 11, 4:09?am, "Amaninder Saini" <prince2princ...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi
> > If i have a number, num = 1.2e-3, is there any way that when i convert it to string the dot does not show up. In other words how can i get 12e-4. I tried
> >
> > sprintf('%2.0e', num) gives 1e-003
> > sprintf('%2.0f', num) gives 0
> > num2str(num) ?gives ?0.0012
> > but i am looking for a string with no dot that is 12e-4.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
>
> The documentation claims that the powers are written in multiples of
> 3. Probably, you will have to do it manually then.
>
> The solution provided by Naresh will give 12e-3 and not 12e-4.
>
> if your format always remains x.ye-3 then, you could do it this way.
>
> num = 1.2e-3;
> num = num/10;
> num_c = num2str(num, '%10.1e\n');
> num_c = strrep(num_c, '.', '');
>
> best, arun.
Thanks to all