Truncates a number to the precision specified by the user. The precision is specified by the desired number of significant figures used when rounding the number.
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out = precision (y,p); |
Truncates y to a user defined precision p. Where p is the number of significant figures. |
Example
Show different values of ‘pi’ depending on the user defined precision.
?pi; result: 3.14159 ?precision(pi,2); result: 3.1 ?precision(pi,3); result: 3.14 ?precision(pi,4); result: 3.142 ?precision(pi/100,4); result: 0.03142
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