3

How do I get the spotlight calculator to always use scientific notation?

This is how it looks by default:

enter image description here

But I would rather that the answer above was displayed as 2.07935e-10

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
1

Looks like you'll need to force a result too big or small to be shown in decimal format.

So multiply everything by 1e100 to force scientific format, and then just subtract 100 from the exponent that appears:

enter image description here

Improve this answer

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .