Feature request: display numbers with a given number of significant digits
Issue #691
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To display (decimal) numbers, you currently have the choice between General, Fixed, Engineering and Scientific. It would be great if it were also possible to display numbers with a given number of significant digits, excluding possible trailing zeros after the decimal separator. Scientific notation should be displayed only if it is shorter.
Examples with 4 significant digits (the "→" means "displayed as"):
pi → 3.142
12.000 → 12
12.300 → 12.3
12.340 → 12.34
12.345 → 12.35
12.3456789 → 12.35
0.12345 → 0.1235
0.012345 → 0.01235
0.0012345 → 1.235e-3 (because it is shorter than 0.0012345)
12345 → 12350
1234567 → 1235000
12345678 → 1.235e7 (because it is shorter than 12350000)
+1, this would also resolve the request I made in Issue #684
https://bitbucket.org/heldercorreia/speedcrunch/issues/684/feature-request-more-options-for-result