Math & Science

LKB · Post by **LKB** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:35 pm

Hi,

I am trying to format my number so they will appear in group of 3 (for easy reading). In other words, I would like to know how this

3986004.418\cdot10^{8}\text{\ensuremath{\nicefrac{m^{3}}{s^{2}}}}

can be changed automatically to 3 986 004.418 (...).

Cheers for help,

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Post by **localghost** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:41 pm

Use the excellent siunitx package.

Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

LKB · Post by **LKB** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 2:43 pm

Thank you.
Seems to work with Lyx after I installed the following: siunitx, l3kernel,l3packages

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