Expressing your work in scientific notation with TO_CHAR()


SQL> -- Expressing your work in scientific notation.
SQL> DECLARE
  2        myNumber NUMBER := 90210;
  3        myChar VARCHAR2(21) ;
  4  BEGIN
  5        myChar := TO_CHAR(myNumber,'9.99EEEE');
  6        DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('The Scientific Notation is: ' || myChar);
  7  END;
  8  /
The Scientific Notation is:   9.02E+04

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

SQL>

Related examples in the same category

1.	Convert char to date: TO_DATE('January 01, 2000','Month DD, YYYY')
2.	Convert number to char
3.	Converting number to character formatted as a numeric string
4.	Convert char to number
5.	Converting VARCHAR2 percentage data to a decimal equivalent
6.	Convert date to char, and char to date with various formats
7.	Convert char to number and number to char with various formats
8.	Data implicit conversion examples: from char to number
9.	Data implicit conversion examples: from char to date

Expressing your work in scientific notation with TO_CHAR() : Data Type Convert « PL SQL « Oracle PL / SQL

Related examples in the same category