Command/digits

\digits

Summary

The command \digits typesets a number

Settings

\digits{...}
{...}	number

Settings string

\digits ...
...	number

Description

The command \digits typesets a number. It listens to two specific settings to control the use of commas, periods, or spaces for the separation between thousands and fractions.

See the example for the explicit setup required. The digit modes and orders have the same meaning as the method and order keys in \setupunits.

Examples

Example 1

\startlines
10 \setdigitmode {1} \setdigitorder{0} \digits {12.345,90}
20 \setdigitmode {2} \setdigitorder{0} \digits {12.345,90}
30 \setdigitmode {3} \setdigitorder{0} \digits {12.345,90}
40 \setdigitmode {4} \setdigitorder{0} \digits {12.345,90}
50 \setdigitmode {5} \setdigitorder{0} \digits {12.345,90}
60 \setdigitmode {6} \setdigitorder{0} \digits {12.345,90}

11 \setdigitmode {1} \setdigitorder{1} \digits {12.345,90}
21 \setdigitmode {2} \setdigitorder{1} \digits {12.345,90}
31 \setdigitmode {3} \setdigitorder{1} \digits {12.345,90}
41 \setdigitmode {4} \setdigitorder{1} \digits {12.345,90}
51 \setdigitmode {5} \setdigitorder{1} \digits {12.345,90}
61 \setdigitmode {6} \setdigitorder{1} \digits {12.345,90}
\stoplines

See also

• phys-dim.mkiv
• \setupunits

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