Background: The number of significant figures (aka "sigfigs") in the value of a quantity reflects the accuracy with which it is known and/or the extent to which we
care about its accuracy. Also, having fewer sigfigs enables more efficient use of real estate on a webpage. Roughly speaking, the number of sigfigs equals the number of nonzero digits. See
Wikipedia for a more precise definition.
Instructions: Immediately after /significanceFormatter in the url, type /number/digits, where number is the particular quantity's value, and digits is the number of sigfigs with which you want this value expressed.
Example(s):
Input |
Outputs |
sign |
number |
prefix |
/-9987/3
|
-
|
9.99
|
k
|
/9987/2
|
(nothing)
|
10
|
k
|
/-99/3
|
-
|
99.0
|
(nothing)
|