System Variable PP

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⎕PP - Print Precision

⎕PP Print Precision
⎕PP←'VALUE'

System Variable ⎕PP or Quad PP refers to Print Precision. In NARS, the default Print Precision is:

      ⎕PP
10

Although 10 significant digits represent the print precision or displayed precision - actual computer stored formats are quite different. Historically or customarily, ⎕PP is normally assigned a value of between 1 and 16, although with 64-bit systems, higher print precision values are available. As an example, pollution is frequently cited in PPM's or parts per million or say 1 in 1,000,000 so 5-signficant digits in the data plus 7 digits within a million base might mean ⎕PP should be set as 5+7 = 12 significant digits, or greater for higher precision printed reports. Note that print precision does NOT normally affect stored/digitized numbers, unless the numbers were first formatted/printed, then re-executed into digital floating point numbers.

See also System Function ⎕DR.

System Variables (A value may be assigned to these except for ⎕DM)
ALX CT DM DT ELX FC FEATURE FPC IC IO
LR LX PP PR PW RL SA WSID
Niladic System Functions (a value cannot be assigned to these)
A AV EM ET LC NNAMES NNUMS SI SYSID SYSVER
T TC TCBEL TCBS TCESC TCFF TCHT TCLF TCNL TCNUL
TS WA
Monadic or dyadic system functions (a value cannot be assigned to these)
AT CR DC DFT DL DR EA EC ERROR ES
EX FMT FX MF NAPPEND NC NCREATE NERASE NINFO NL
NLOCK NREAD NRENAME NREPLACE NRESIZE NSIZE NTIE NUNTIE STOP TF
TRACE UCS VR
Note that quad functions and variables (except for the ⎕A family of functions) are case insensitive


See Also
System Commands System Variables and Functions Operators


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