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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Adam and Michael,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thank you very much for your help! It works.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Beáta<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Adam Phillips [mailto:asphilli@ucar.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Beáta Szabó-Takács <szabo.b@czechglobe.cz><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Michael Langguth <mlangguth@uni-bonn.de>; ncl-talk@ucar.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ncl-talk] how can I write large float value with e scientific notation?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would suggest copying the taylor_metrics_table.ncl function to the top of your script, and rename it. Then, you can modify it as you like and call it within your main script. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Scripts/taylor_metrics_table.ncl">https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Scripts/taylor_metrics_table.ncl</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The line that is causing your issue is this line:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">gsn_text_ndc(wks,sprintf("%4.3f",values(icase,iseas,im)),ixtbox,iytbox, mv_tRes) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Following Michael's suggestion, you could put in an if statement like this:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> gsn_text_ndc(wks,sprintf("%4.2g",values(icase,iseas,im)),ixtbox,iytbox, mv_tRes) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">else<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> gsn_text_ndc(wks,sprintf("%4.3f",values(icase,iseas,im)),ixtbox,iytbox, mv_tRes) <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope that helps!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Adam<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 7:17 AM, Beáta Szabó-Takács <<a href="mailto:szabo.b@czechglobe.cz" target="_blank">szabo.b@czechglobe.cz</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Michael,<br>
Thank you for your response. Unfortunately it does not work because the values can be only numeric in taylor_metric_table.ncl.<br>
Best regards,<br>
Beáta<br>
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From: Michael Langguth [mailto:<a href="mailto:mlangguth@uni-bonn.de" target="_blank">mlangguth@uni-bonn.de</a>]<br>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 2:32 PM<br>
To: Beáta Szabó-Takács <<a href="mailto:szabo.b@czechglobe.cz" target="_blank">szabo.b@czechglobe.cz</a>>;
<a href="mailto:ncl-talk@ucar.edu" target="_blank">ncl-talk@ucar.edu</a><br>
Subject: Re: [ncl-talk] how can I write large float value with e scientific notation?<br>
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Dear Beáta,<br>
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I suppose, the sprintf-function can help you here. It's a function to convert floats (and doubles) to formatted strings.<br>
For example, an appropriate format for your bias-values may be<br>
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sprintf("%10.5g",bias)<br>
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where the exponential notation is used as long as the precision being defined by the number 5.<br>
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For further examples, you can also consult the attached<br>
link:<br>
<a href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/sprintf.shtml" target="_blank">https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/sprintf.shtml</a><br>
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Best regards<br>
Michael<br>
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On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:18:59 +0000<br>
Beáta Szabó-Takács <<a href="mailto:szabo.b@czechglobe.cz" target="_blank">szabo.b@czechglobe.cz</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear NCL Users,<br>
> I created a table about precipitation bias values in JJA and DJF with<br>
>taylor_metric_table.ncl. I changed the bias calculation to<br>
> bias = tmean-rmean in taylor_stats.ncl. I got a very<br>
>large bias value in HIRHAM model in JJA and this value covers the bias<br>
>value in DJF column on the table. I attached the table. The values are<br>
>in float form. Could someone let me know how I can write the large<br>
>float number with scientific notation? I mean if the value is e.g<br>
>larger than 100000 it will be written 1e5.<br>
> Thank you for your help in advance!<br>
> Beáta<br>
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