Editing Scientific notation (section)

=== Decimal to scientific ===
First, move the decimal separator point sufficient places, ''n'', to put the number's value within a desired range, between 1 and 10 for normalized notation. If the decimal was moved to the left, append <code class=nowrap>× 10''<sup>n</sup>''</code>; to the right, <code class=nowrap>× 10''<sup>−n</sup>''</code>. To represent the number {{val|1230400|fmt=commas}} in normalized scientific notation, the decimal separator would be moved 6 digits to the left and <code class=nowrap>× 10<sup>6</sup></code> appended, resulting in {{val|1.2304E6}}. The number {{val|-0.0040321}} would have its decimal separator shifted 3 digits to the right instead of the left and yield {{val|-4.0321E-3}} as a result.