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Re: scientific numbers +ciftbx2.6.2

  • Subject: Re: scientific numbers +ciftbx2.6.2
  • From: "Herbert J. Bernstein" <yaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 13:01:18 GMT
Dear Doug,
  Thank you for the problem report.  I am able to reproduce the problem
and will track it down as quickly as possible.  I'll post a patch to
this list when I have it ready.
  Sorry about the problem.
  Regards,
    Herbert

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On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Douglas du Boulay wrote:

> Hi,
> I was trying to read some numbers using numb_('',val,sig) in ciftbx-2.6.2 and
> struck a glitch with numbers in the format  0.319E+01
> Namely numb_() returns false.
> Replacing the value with  3.19 all works fine.
>
> Quoting from section 1.2 page 2 of the Ciftbx primer plus
> "A number string may be an integer, decimal or scientific notation"
>
> I beleive numbers such as "0.127E-21" are in scientific notation, so I am
> wondering is this a CIF syntax issue, a ciftbx issue , or just
> misunderstanding on my part.
> Obviously I would prefer not to have to reformat these values if I
> can avoid it.
>
> thanks in advance for any guidance.
> Doug
>


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