Question

how to display exponent value after calulation to textbox in iphone sdk.For example say 6.4516e-10.i am not getting answer for it in my textbox after calculating 10 * 6.4516e-10.please tell me solution..

Answer 1

Use StringWithFormat and exponent formations:

From the man page on printf:

eE The argument is printed in the style e `[-d.ddd+-dd]’ where is one digit before the decimal point and the number after is equal to the precision specification for the argument; when the precision is missing, 6 digits are produced.

So you would want a format something like: %.4e

float n =  6.4516e-10;
n = n * 10;
NSLog(@"n: %.4e", n);

2011-08-29 07:36:38.158 Test[39477:707] n: 6.4516e-09