[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #53166] format long displays 15 significant digits, rather than 15 digits after decimal point (Matlab Compatibility)

[Rik]

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                 Summary: format long displays 15 significant digits, rather
than 15 digits after decimal point (Matlab Compatibility)
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: rik5
            Submitted on: Thu 15 Feb 2018 05:05:16 PM PST
                Category: Interpreter
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

I don't know if we have debated this and decide to be different from Matlab,
or if Octave just became different.  According to Matlab documentation, the
long format displays 15 digits after the decimal point.

Matlab


format long
pi
3.141592653589793


Octave


octave:1> format long
octave:2> pi
ans =  3.14159265358979







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