Is it possible to use format long in one line of code and then use format short in another line of code on the same script?

Bascially I am required to write pi in long format in the beginning of my script but later on I need to write values like 1.1 or 1.3, and I would like to do this part in short format. Is there any way to achve this?

[Dyuman Joshi]

"Is there any way to achve this?"

Yes, explicitly change the format as and wherever required.

[Stephen23]

"Is there any way to achve this? "

Sure, as other have shown you can fiddle around with the FORMAT. But a cleaner and more generalized approach would be to forget about the command windows settings: just use FPRINTF and specify the format explicitly.

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Just call format whenever you want to set the format and it will be that format for the rest of the script (or until you call format again)

format short g
pi

ans = 
       3.1416

format long g
pi

ans = 
          3.14159265358979

format short g
1.1

ans = 
          1.1

1.3

ans = 
          1.3

format long g
1.1

ans = 
                       1.1

1.3

ans = 
                       1.3

% Use sprintf to display with specified field width, for example 5, 3, or 23:
fprintf('%.5f', pi)

3.14159

fprintf('%.3f', 1.1)

1.100

fprintf('%.23f', 1.3)

1.30000000000000004440892

Note: format does not have any effect on fprintf. The number of decimal places shown when you use fprintf is the number after the percent symbol and dot.