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diff doc/interpreter/numbers.txi @ 28652:bb0ca2753bc2 stable
update docs for built-in variables (bug #58988)
* basics.txi, expr.txi, io.txi, numbers.txi, oop.txi, var.txi: Refer
to functions, not built-in variables. Update docs for ans. Correct
output of simple expression like "pi" to display "ans =" rather than
"pi =".
| author | John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> |
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| date | Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:27:48 -0400 |
| parents | 31b95261c7d2 |
| children | 605275522c37 |
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--- a/doc/interpreter/numbers.txi Wed Aug 26 13:26:26 2020 -0400 +++ b/doc/interpreter/numbers.txi Wed Aug 26 13:27:48 2020 -0400 @@ -301,10 +301,10 @@ Octave automatically switches to scientific notation when values become very large or very small. This guarantees that you will see several significant figures for every value in a matrix. If you would prefer to -see all values in a matrix printed in a fixed point format, you can set -the built-in variable @code{fixed_point_format} to a nonzero value. But -doing so is not recommended, because it can produce output that can -easily be misinterpreted. +see all values in a matrix printed in a fixed point format, you can use +the function @code{fixed_point_format}. But doing so is not +recommended, because it can produce output that can easily be +misinterpreted. @DOCSTRING(fixed_point_format)