MATLAB Programming

2 Data Types
An alternate syntax, that enables you to supply values for the field width and
precision fields from values in the argument list, is shown below. See the
section “Specifying Field Width and Precision Outside the format String” on
page 2-53 for information on when and how to use this syntax. (Again, space
characters are shown only to improve readability of the figure.)
Each field of the formatting operator is described in the following sections.
These fields are covered as they appear going from right to left in the
formatting operator, starting with the Conversion Character and ending
with the Identifier field.
Conversion Character. The conversion character specifies the notation of
the output. It consists of a single character and appears last in the format
specifier. It is the only required field of the format specifier other than the
leading % character.
Specifier
c
d
e
E
f
g
G
o
s
u
Description
Single character
Decimal notation (signed)
Exponential notation (using a lowercase e as in 3.1415e+00)
Exponential notation (using an uppercase E as in 3.1415E+00)
Fixed-point notation
Themorecompactof%e or %f. (Insignificant zeros do not
print.)
Same as %g, but using an uppercase E
Octal notation (unsigned)
String of characters
Decimal notation (unsigned)
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