# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1042259004 0
# Node ID fea24da316a229b6916c0f75f965324f252ad823
# Parent  755f6509bb015bb88379b74d4779474011f45777
[project @ 2003-01-11 04:23:24 by jwe]

diff --git a/scripts/ChangeLog b/scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-01-10  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
+
+	* general/num2str.m: Don't specify field width for scalars.
+
 2003-01-05  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
 	* Makefile.in (DISTFILES): Don't forget mkpkgadd.
diff --git a/scripts/general/num2str.m b/scripts/general/num2str.m
--- a/scripts/general/num2str.m
+++ b/scripts/general/num2str.m
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@
 	fmt = sprintf ("%%.%dg", arg);
       endif
     else
-      fmt = "%11.4g";
+      if (isscalar (x))
+	fmt = "%.4g";
+      else
+	fmt = "%11.4g";
+      endif
     endif
     if (iscomplex (x))
       error ("num2str: sorry, can't handle complex numbers yet");