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Tech Tip: Customizing number fields to Scientific Notation
PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: | PLATFORM: Mac & Win
Published On: February 18, 2000

If you want to display numbers in scientific notation, you the ampersand sign "&" followed by a number to specify the number of digits you want to display. For example, if you want to display 369.36 in scientific notation, the format would be, &3, and the output would be 3.70e+2.