sci_notation_tex

mdtools.plot.sci_notation_tex(x, dec_places=1)[source]

Convert a number to scientific notation in TeX format.

Parameters:

x (scalar) – The number which to convert to scientific notation in TeX format.
dec_places (int) – Number of decimal places. Must not be negative.

Returns:

x_sci (str) – Scientific notation of x as raw string in TeX format.

Notes

This code is based on the following two stackoverflow answers:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/31453961

https://stackoverflow.com/a/29261252

Examples

>>> import mdtools.plot as mdtplt
>>> mdtplt.sci_notation_tex(5)
'5.0 \\times 10^{0}'
>>> mdtplt.sci_notation_tex(5e-2, dec_places=3)
'5.000 \\times 10^{-2}'