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Scientific Notation
Hi, I have a very basic understanding of expressions and was hoping someone could give me an answer as to NOT reveal scientific notation on output from a counter expression. I am trying to count up to 1sextrillion (21 0’s) and I get the E+21 scientific notation instead.
I had been using Colin Braley’s suggested script for a counter given on this forum below. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
startTime = 0; //seconds
endTime = 5; //seconds
beginCount = 0;
endCount = 1000000000000000000000;
hasCommas = true;
//--dont modify below here----------------
function addCommas ( s ){
if( s.length <= 3 )
return s;
else
return s.substring(0 , 3) + "," + addCommas(s.substring(3, s.length));}
function reverse( s ){
newStr = "";
for(i = s.length-1; i >= 0; i--)
newStr += s.charAt(i)
return newStr;
}val = Math.round (linear(time, startTime, endTime, beginCount, endCount) );
if( hasCommas )
reverse (addCommas(reverse( val + "" )))
else
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4 Replies
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In After Effects(and programming in general) you have digit number limit (I dont remember AE limit), so you can’t represent too big numbers literaly. So you might think about split your number in some small pieces, and make linked counters.
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Given how big your end number is, you can try cheating a bit: count up to 1000 only, and fill the rest with random digits. Over only 5 seconds, nobody can see anything.
startTime = 0; //seconds
endTime = 5; //seconds
beginCount = 0;
endCount = 1e21;
hasCommas = true;//--dont modify below here----------------
function addCommas ( s ){
if( s.length <= 3 )
return s;
else
return s.substring(0 , 3) + "," + addCommas(s.substring(3, s.length));}
function reverse( s ){
newStr = "";
for(i = s.length-1; i >= 0; i--)
newStr += s.charAt(i)
return newStr;
}// count up to 1000
val = Math.round (linear(time, startTime, endTime, beginCount, 1000) );
val = val.toString();// this part adds some random queue up to 21 digits
if (startTimeXavier
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Thanks Xavier! I will try that.
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Thanks Miguel. I was unaware of the limit.
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