base10¶

Purpose¶

Breaks number into a number of the form #.####... and a power of 10.

{ M, P } = base10(x)¶

Parameters:	x (scalar) – number to break down.
Returns:	M (scalar) – in the range -10 < M < 10. P – integer power such that:

\[M*10^P = x\]

{ b, e } = base10(4500);

After the code above:

b = 4.5  e = 3

and

b*10^e = 4.5*10^3 = 4500

base10.src