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The {{e}} template is intended to facilitate and make uniform scientific notation numbers.

Basic usage

To render Template:Xt, instead of writing Template:Xt you can write Template:Xt.

Delimitation

The template uses the delimitation logic of the {{val}} template. That is, typing Template:Xt will produce a delimited exponent (Template:Xt). See #Forcing text display to turn this off.

Text and number recognition

By default, the template recognizes both text and numbers. That is, typing Template:Xt will produce Template:Xt, with the proper minus sign (Template:Xt), rather than with a hyphen (Template:Xt). However, typing Template:Xt will produce Template:Xt since Template:Xt is not a number. In those cases, you need to write Template:Xt to produce the correct Template:Xt.

A minus sign also has to be provided for cases like Template:Xt (Template:Xt).

Explicit plus sign

To explicitly display the Template:Xt character, write Template:Xt which will produce Template:Xt.

Forcing text display

To force the template to display the input as text, and forgo the automatic delimitation and the recognition of the hyphen as a minus sign, write Template:Xt, which will display Template:Xt instead of Template:Xt. This can also be used as an alternative to explicitly display the plus sign (Template:Xt gives Template:Xt), but remember that you also lose delimitation if you do it this way.

See also

• Template:Tim
• {{val}}
• {{scinote}}