jakob / jakob/TableTool

Add option to preserve scientific notation?

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Description

Similar to https://github.com/jakob/TableTool/issues/73, TableTool tries to convert scientific notation to decimal with many many leading zero's. For example, `1e-22` becomes `0.0000000000000000000001`. It would be of great help if it can be set so that it won't make any assumption on the input data, and preserve literally what user inputs. Thanks

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Research direction

Start by reading the related issue #73 and tracing where TableTool converts scientific notation to decimal. Define how the proposed option should preserve input such as `1e-22`, then verify that enabled behavior leaves the user's literal value unchanged without introducing assumptions about other input.

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Assessment

Tech stack
objective-c
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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