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Update NEWS with description of new engineering format for numbers.
author Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com>
date Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:11:32 -0700
parents cfb13443434f
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      Additionally, the octave_scalar_map class now provides a simpler interface
      to work with scalar structs within a C++ DLD function.
 
+  ** Two new formats are available for displaying numbers:
+     format short eng
+     format long eng
+     Both display numbers in engineering notation, i.e., mantissa + exponent
+     where the exponent is a multiple of 3.
+
 Summary of important user-visible changes for version 3.2:
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