When I use \num{2.17989e-2}, I get the following output:
As you can see, there is a weird space between 9 and 8 in the decimals. Why is this happening and how can I eliminate it?
Weird spacing of numbers with siunitx package
siunitx
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You are using \num inside an S column: that's not how it works. The column contents are parsed 'directly':
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\sisetup{
input-decimal-markers = .,input-ignore = {,},table-number-alignment = right,
group-separator={,}, group-four-digits = true
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{
rS[table-format = 5.0]S[table-format = 5.0]
}
siunitx: &19000 &19,000 \\
siunitx: &7,000 &7,000 \\
siunitx: &900 &900 \\
siunitx: &90 &90 \\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
For historical reasons due to the fact that usually the \mathrm font is OT1 encoded, the command \mathsterling does \mathit{\mathchar"7024}} (that is it uses the dollar sign, which in the italic OT1 font is a pound sign).
Fix the wrong definition.
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{libertine}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\renewcommand{\mathsterling}{\mathrm{\mathchar"70A3}}
\begin{document}
The \pounds\ pounds macro behaves as expected
And this is \pounds40434.5345
The dollar prefix works fine:
\SI[round-precision=2,round-mode=places,round-integer-to-decimal]{34324}[\$]{}
But the pounds prefix is imperialistic:
\SI[round-precision=2,round-mode=places,round-integer-to-decimal]{34324}[\pounds]{}
But straight pound sign is ok:
\SI[round-precision=2,round-mode=places,round-integer-to-decimal]{34324}[£]{}
\end{document}
Best Answer
This is for
siunitxmanual:So the default behavior of the package is precisely that, to group the digits. But there is an option to activate/deactivate that (as David said in his comment).