http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/35480-Digit-Elision- en-us 2026 Maplesoft, A Division of Waterloo Maple Inc. Maplesoft Document System Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:15:48 GMT Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:15:48 GMT The latest answers and comments added to the Question, Digit Elision ? http://www.mapleprimes.com/images/mapleprimeswhite.jpg http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/35480-Digit-Elision- http://www.mapleprimes.com/questions/35480-Digit-Elision-?ref=Feed:MaplePrimes:Digit Elision ?:Comments#answer44024 <p>Enter (in a Standard worksheet):&nbsp; </p> <pre> &gt; 2^40000; </pre> <pre> 15842603725730786800597361511643477938585056174993108430408926417163696577122\ 88874451832215496349004[...11842 digits...]64589958897311815153669921216467\ 99484887367079871289697795984721749551119434590853334711885025509376 </pre> <p>The result is 12042 digits long, but Maple shows only the first&nbsp; 100 and last 100, with [...11842 digits...] in the middle.&nbsp; That's digit elision.&nbsp; The settings determine the smallest number of digits that will trigger digit elision, and how many initial and final digits will be shown. Thus with the default settings 2^30000 (which has only 9031 digits) would be shown in its entirety, but if you set Threshold to 1000, Leading digits to 10 and Trailing digits to 20, you get</p> <pre> &gt; 2^30000; 7940903519[...9001 digits...]35833790694215909376 </pre> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Enter (in a Standard worksheet):&nbsp; </p> <pre> &gt; 2^40000; </pre> <pre> 15842603725730786800597361511643477938585056174993108430408926417163696577122\ 88874451832215496349004[...11842 digits...]64589958897311815153669921216467\ 99484887367079871289697795984721749551119434590853334711885025509376 </pre> <p>The result is 12042 digits long, but Maple shows only the first&nbsp; 100 and last 100, with [...11842 digits...] in the middle.&nbsp; That's digit elision.&nbsp; The settings determine the smallest number of digits that will trigger digit elision, and how many initial and final digits will be shown. Thus with the default settings 2^30000 (which has only 9031 digits) would be shown in its entirety, but if you set Threshold to 1000, Leading digits to 10 and Trailing digits to 20, you get</p> <pre> &gt; 2^30000; 7940903519[...9001 digits...]35833790694215909376 </pre> <p>&nbsp;</p> 44024 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:30:23 Z Robert Israel Robert Israel