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: for displaying values with significance like so {{val/()|1234|56}}. | : for displaying values with significance like so {{val/()|1234|56}}. | ||
They all take roughly the same arguments | They all take roughly the same arguments | ||
:'''1''' The value | :'''1''' The value | ||
:'''2''' The (upper limit of) uncertainty or significance (required for "±", "+-" and "()") | :'''2''' The (upper limit of) uncertainty or significance (required for "±", "+-" and "()") | ||
:'''3''' The lower limit of uncertainty (must be a negative value, required for "+-") | :'''3''' The lower limit of uncertainty (must be a negative value, required for "+-") | ||
:'''e''' The exponent for the power of 10 (optional). | |||
:'''u''' The units for the number (optional). | |||
:'''e''' The exponent for the power of 10. | Values (arguments 1-3) are run through {{tl|delimitnum}} for readability. '''This may mess them up if the last few digits are on the right hand side of the decimal dot and they are zero. This is a known issue.'''<br/> | ||
:'''u''' The units for the number. | |||
Units are replaced by a more esthetically pleasing HTML representation and get a link, if they are in the list found in {{tl|ScientificValue/units}} or if they are supported by {{tl|convert}}. A good example is "m/s", which gets translated to "[[Meter per second|m·s<sup>-1</sup>]]". | Units are replaced by a more esthetically pleasing HTML representation and get a link, if they are in the list found in {{tl|ScientificValue/units}} or if they are supported by {{tl|convert}}. A good example is "m/s", which gets translated to "[[Meter per second|m·s<sup>-1</sup>]]". | ||
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Purpose
Set of templates that can be used to easily present values in scientific notation, including uncertainty. They have the same look and feel and wrap the entire result in a"nowrap" block, so it never gets broken in seperate pieces at the end of a line.
Arguments
There are four variations of this template:
- for displaying values without uncertainty/significance.
- for displaying values with uncertainty like so Template:Val/±.
- for displaying values with uncertainty like so Template:Val/+-.
- for displaying values with significance like so Template:Val/().
They all take roughly the same arguments
- 1 The value
- 2 The (upper limit of) uncertainty or significance (required for "±", "+-" and "()")
- 3 The lower limit of uncertainty (must be a negative value, required for "+-")
- e The exponent for the power of 10 (optional).
- u The units for the number (optional).
Values (arguments 1-3) are run through {{delimitnum}} for readability. This may mess them up if the last few digits are on the right hand side of the decimal dot and they are zero. This is a known issue.
Units are replaced by a more esthetically pleasing HTML representation and get a link, if they are in the list found in {{ScientificValue/units}} or if they are supported by {{convert}}. A good example is "m/s", which gets translated to "m·s-1".
Examples
{{val|123456789.0123456789}}→ 123456789.0123456789 Uncertainty/significance {{val/±|1.234|0.005}}→ Template:Val/± {{val/+-|1.234|+0.005|-0.001}}→ Template:Val/+- {{val/()|1.234|5}}→ Template:Val/() Exponents/units {{val|1.234|e=10|u=m}}→ 1.234×1010 m {{val/±|1.234|0.05|e=5}}→ Template:Val/± {{val/+-|1.234567|+0.00005|-0.00004|e=-23|u=m/s}}→ Template:Val/+- {{val/±|1.234567|0.04|e=3|u=psi}}→ Template:Val/± {{val|123.4|u=USgal}}→ 123.4 US gal {{val|12.34|u=mpgimp}}→ 12.34 mpg‑imp
