<html lang="en"> <head> <title>How do I set the number of displayed decimals? - Frequently asked questions about Octave (with answers)</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> <meta name="description" content="Frequently asked questions about Octave (with answers)"> <meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13"> <link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top"> <link rel="up" href="Using-Octave.html#Using-Octave" title="Using Octave"> <link rel="next" href="How-does-Octave-solve-linear-systems_003f.html#How-does-Octave-solve-linear-systems_003f" title="How does Octave solve linear systems?"> <link href="http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/" rel="generator-home" title="Texinfo Homepage"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> <style type="text/css"><!-- pre.display { font-family:inherit } pre.format { font-family:inherit } pre.smalldisplay { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallformat { font-family:inherit; font-size:smaller } pre.smallexample { font-size:smaller } pre.smalllisp { font-size:smaller } span.sc { font-variant:small-caps } span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; } span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; } --></style> </head> <body> <div class="node"> <a name="How-do-I-set-the-number-of-displayed-decimals%3f"></a> <a name="How-do-I-set-the-number-of-displayed-decimals_003f"></a> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="How-does-Octave-solve-linear-systems_003f.html#How-does-Octave-solve-linear-systems_003f">How does Octave solve linear systems?</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Using-Octave.html#Using-Octave">Using Octave</a> <hr> </div> <h3 class="section">10.1 How do I set the number of displayed decimals?</h3> <pre class="example"> octave:1> format long octave:2> pi pi = 3.14159265358979 octave:3> format short octave:4> pi pi = 3.1416 </pre> </body></html>