Re: Contour label format

[Andrew Wittenberg <atw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Paulo B. Oliveira wrote:
> Is it possible to set the format for contour labels ?  It would be great
> if one could specify something like confmt=(E9.1) when contouring a wide
> ranging field, for example:
> 
> contour/i=1:20/j=1:20 exp(0*i+j)

Hi Paulo,

At present, I think you can only set the number of significant digits:

http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/Ferret/Documentation/Users_Guide/current/Chapter6_Customizing_Plots.htm#Chapter6-Contouring

Andrew

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