Because you reached the 9-digit trigger point for using exponential notation. The first argument only controls the size of the returned string (and the padding). It does not control the use of scientific notation.
Rick On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 12:29 PM WalterPachl via Oorexx-devel < oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > But for larger exponents it works > > l4: back=l5; Say format(34e8,7)--> 3.4E+9 > l5: Say format(34e9,7)--> 3.4E+10 > > To me that's a hole in the bucket (probably standard) > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel >
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