Here is one way to create a MATLAB program that calculates the number of significant digits for any given number:
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You can save this function in a .m
file and then call it from the MATLAB command window or from another script/function. For example:
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This function works by converting the input number to a string and then counting the number of digits before and after the decimal point. If the input number is an integer, there are no digits after the decimal point. Finally, the function returns the sum of the number of digits before and after the decimal point as the number of significant digits.
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