Notation.Engineering Method

Definition

Print the number using engineering notation, a variant of scientific notation in which the exponent must be divisible by 3.

[Android.Runtime.Register("engineering", "()Landroid/icu/number/ScientificNotation;", "", ApiSince=30)]
public static Android.Icu.Number.ScientificNotation? Engineering ();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("engineering", "()Landroid/icu/number/ScientificNotation;", "", ApiSince=30)>]
static member Engineering : unit -> Android.Icu.Number.ScientificNotation

Returns

A ScientificNotation for chaining or passing to the NumberFormatter notation() setter.

Attributes

Remarks

Print the number using engineering notation, a variant of scientific notation in which the exponent must be divisible by 3.

Example outputs in <em>en-US</em> when printing 8.765E4 through 8.765E-3:

87.65E3
            8.765E3
            876.5E0
            87.65E0
            8.765E0
            876.5E-3
            87.65E-3
            8.765E-3
            0E0

Java documentation for android.icu.number.Notation.engineering().

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Applies to