numprint.sty
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Print numbers with a separator every three digits and convert numbers given
as 123e456 to 123\cdot 10^{456}. If an optional argument is given it is 
printed upright as unit.


Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002 Harald Harders

This program can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms
of the LaTeX Project Public License Distributed from CTAN
archives in directory macros/latex/base/lppl.txt; either
version 1 of the License, or any later version.



Installation:

automatic: - run make
	   - run make install
	 or
           - run make
           - copy numprint.sty to a place where LaTeX can find it
           - run texhash or the corresponding command of your distribution

by hand: - execute latex on numprint.ins
         - execute latex on numprint.dtx (2x)
         - copy numprint.sty to a place LaTeX can find it
         - run texhash or the corresponding command of your distribution



To do:
- Add automatic international support using babel, german, or ngerman:
  German: 3,141 592 7 . 10^{-3,1}
  American: 3.141,592,7 x 10^{-3.1}
- Combine the packages dcolumn or rccol and numprint.


Change log:
- 0.06  2002/09/18  Added automatic adding of zero before or after decimal sign
- 0.05  2001/03/12  Added basic support for aligned tabular entries
- 0.04  2001/03/06  Added support for pure 10^{123} format using the
                    command \numprint{e123}
- 0.03  2001/02/10  Fixed bug with units
- 0.02  2000/08/30  Added optional argument for units
- 0.01  2000/08/30  Changed to dtx format


2002-09-18
Harald Harders
h.harders@tu-bs.de