--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Numerical_Response_Format.tex 2002/07/05 16:12:31 1.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Numerical_Response_Format.tex 2013/08/27 18:51:40 1.5 @@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ +\label{Numerical_Response_Format} You can format the number displayed by the computer as the answer. For instance, if the answer is one-third, the computer will display that it computed {}``.333333333'' as the answer. If you'd like to shorten that, you can use the \textbf{Format} field. Format strings like {}``2E'' (without the quotes) will display three significant digits in scientific notation. Format strings like {}``2f'' will display two digits after the -decimal point. +decimal point. Format strings like {}``2s'' will round a number to +2 significant digits. For a summary of numerical format statements, see the +\texttt{num} tag item in the Output Tags section (\ref{Authoring_Output_Tags}).