Latex

class astropy.units.format.Latex

Bases: astropy.units.format.Base

Output LaTeX to display the unit based on IAU style guidelines.

Attempts to follow the IAU Style Manual.

Attributes Summary

name

Methods Summary

format_exponential_notation(val[, format_spec])	Formats a value in exponential notation for LaTeX.
to_string(unit)	Convert a unit object to a string.

Attributes Documentation

name = 'latex'

Methods Documentation

classmethod format_exponential_notation(val, format_spec='.8g')

Formats a value in exponential notation for LaTeX.

Parameters:

val : number

The value to be formatted

format_spec : str, optional

Format used to split up mantissa and exponent

Returns:

latex_string : str

The value in exponential notation in a format suitable for LaTeX.

classmethod to_string(unit)

Convert a unit object to a string.