formatScientificTeX: Format a number in scientific notation into LaTeX.
Description
Format a number in standard scientific format XXX.XXEXXX into a string
that can be typeset by LaTeX
Usage
formatScientificTeX(x, width, digits)
Arguments
x
The number to be formatted. This number does not need to be in
scientific format.
width
width and digits are interpreted in the same way
that they are for
the C function sprintf. The number will be formatted so that it
takes x times 10 to the power of y, where x is formatted so that the
number has width characters in total (including a decimal point) and
digits decimal places.
digits
See width.
Value
A string that will format in a LaTeX inline math environment.
Details
If x = 300.123, width = 4 and digits = 1, then this
function will return " 3.0\\times 10^2"