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Re: Zorax post# 99458

Saturday, 10/27/2007 1:07:16 AM

Saturday, October 27, 2007 1:07:16 AM

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I hear someone needs a geek? LOL

The e-4 is an exponential notation. It means to take the first part of the number, 1.00 in this case, and multiply it by 10 to the power of -4. This is the same as dividing by 10 to the fourth, which is dividing by 10,000.

An easy way to do this is just to move the decimal point by the number specified in the expontential. In this case, move it four places to the left.

1.0000e-1 means 0.1
1.0000e-2 means 0.01
1.0000e-3 means 0.001
1.0000e-4 means 0.0001

I assume this is a price in dollars, so this is 1/100 of a cent.

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