Scientific Notation Translator lets you quickly switch between standard numbers and scientific notation using a hotkey (default: Alt + T).
Features
Standalone numerals only are translated (not part of identifiers like v1, Hello_World_003, etc.).
Selections:
If a selection contains standard numerals, they are converted to scientific notation.
If no qualifying plain numbers are present but scientific notation numbers are, they are converted back to plain numbers.
No selection: Applies to the entire file.
Thresholds:
By default, only numbers > 999 or < 0.01 are translated.
Thresholds can be customized in settings.
Always convert mode: Option to translate all standalone numbers regardless of thresholds.
Round-trip toggle: Same command converts standard → sci, or sci → standard.
Configurable precision: Significant digits for scientific notation are configurable (default: 5, range 1–21).
Clean formatting: No unnecessary trailing zeros.
Formatting flexability: Converting to scientific notation can be customized to use 'e' or 'E' (1e+4 vs 1E+4).
Extension Settings
This extension contributes the following settings:
scientific-notation-translator.significantDigits Integer, default: 5 — Number of significant digits in scientific notation.
Note that granularity will be lost past this digit when translated (IE: 123456789 -> 1.2346e+8 -> 123460000).
scientific-notation-translator.lowerThreshold Number, default: 0.01 — Numbers with absolute value less than this threshold convert to scientific notation.
scientific-notation-translator.upperThreshold Number, default: 999 — Numbers with absolute value greater than this threshold convert to scientific notation.
scientific-notation-translator.alwaysConvertAllNumbers Boolean, default: false — If true, all standalone numbers convert regardless of thresholds.
scientific-notation-translator.capitalE Boolean, default: false — If true, 'E' will be used in scientific notation instead of 'e'.
Known Issues
None reported yet. Please open issues on the repository if you encounter unexpected behavior.
