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Question by ivanovi
Submitted on 12/27/2003
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I saw S=10.**(-10) from the Fortran algorithm, may I know what does this means?




Answer by Rene
Submitted on 1/18/2005
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It means that you calculate
s := 10^(-10)
where the result will be a floating point number since "10." is not an integer but real.

 

Answer by JBB
Submitted on 12/18/2005
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It means that the variable S is to be assigned a value equal to 10 raised to the power of minus ten.

 

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