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Printing double precision variables to a formatted file

Kaveh_G_
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‎06-07-2006 01:27 AM
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I have a series of extremely small numbers in my simulation of order 5E-101 that I need to write to a file. I have noticed that no matter what format I use, the symbol 'E' is missing from the print out for three digit exponents, e.g., 0.12340554e-101 prints as 0.12340554-101. I have an old version of microsoft powerstation with which I still get the right printout. Is this a bug or do I need to set some flags to correct this? I even tried quad precision and it did not help.
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Steven_L_Intel1
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‎06-07-2006 01:31 AM
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This is required by the Fortran standard when the format has only 2 digits specified in the E format (2 is default). Use a format such as E15.7E3.
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