How can I remove the power of a matrix?

say i performed some calculations and the answer was:

A =

   1.0e+06 *

    0.0001         55         100
    0.0002         66         110
    0.0003         77         120
    0.0004         88         130

how can I remove "1.0e+06 *" and reduce it to its normal form?

Answer 1

[Niklas Nylén]

I made a script that allows you to print a matrix to the command window with a selected precision, see attached file.

The script is mostly for aligning axes and data in tables for use in parameter files, so you can probably remove some of the code if you do not need perfect alignment.

 % printmat(A,precision)
 % Prints the values in the matrix A with the desired precision in the command window.

[Mischa Kim]

Not sure, I understand...

 format longeng
 A = 1e3*[0.000000000001 1.2e12 1e-18]
 A =
    1.00000000000000e-009    1.20000000000000e+015    1.00000000000000e-015

[Niklas Nylén]

I thought he meant he wanted the numbers printed without the e notation, i.e.

 [100    55000000   100000000
  200    66000000   110000000
  300    77000000   120000000
  400    88000000   130000000]

For the specific case in the question, format long works, but for very snall or very large numbers matlab will use the e notation anyway.

(Before my edit I mixed up format longeng and format long g, if that was what you did not understand)

Answer 2

[Mischa Kim]

Jaybee, execute, e.g.

 format longeng

in the command window. Or use any other formatting option.

Answer 3

[Chris C]

So, the reason Matlab displays data in that manner is to make the best use of the available real estate. However, if you still find the need to express the data in a different manner. Use the Matlab documentation under the title "Format". An example would be...

A = 1.0e+06*[0.0001,55,100;0.0002,66,110;0.0003,77,120;0.0004,88,130];
format long
A =
         100    55000000   100000000
         200    66000000   110000000
         300    77000000   120000000
         400    88000000   130000000