pure data number arguments (1e-05)
Hi.
Now i'm working on recreating a footsteps patch, from Farnell's "designing sound" book.
And in PD patch i found this object [+~ 1e-05].
The argument is making me a big question: Could anyone, please, tell me what kind of number is used in such form?
1e-05 = 0.00001 in Scientific Notation
Thanks =)
Damn...
I'm Russian, that's why i'm going a little stupid in this kind of questions...
As i understand
e-05 - means 10^(-5)
The convention of using 'e' (or 'E') to indicate a power of 10 is as old as computer science. You will see it in many, many places.
It's not a stupid question, it's just that the answer will be useful in many circumstances. There are still many people who use it for very large (and very small) numbers.