How to fix output of matrix values showing as 0 because they're being multiplied by the biggest power of 10?

This is my code:

function [ SurfaceArea, N ] = SNparticles( A )

A = input('Enter particle diameter: ');

D=A*0.000001; 

n = input('Specify mass of material sample in g : ');

m = n./1000;

SG = input('Enter specific gravity of material: ');

d = SG*1000;

SurfaceArea = (6*m./(D*d)); 

N = (6*m./(pi*(D.^3)*d));

end

It's showing up like

N =

   1.0e+23 *

    1.9099    0.0019    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000    0.0000
    
    

Values should be something like

1.90986E+23, 1.90986E+20, 1.90986E+17, 1.90986E+14, 1.22231E+13, 1.52789E+12, 3.73019E+11, 1.90986E+11

But since matlab is outputting all with the same power of 10 they get messed up.

What can I do?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Give the command

format long g

You might want to consider changing your Preferences to change the default format.

[Frances Gonzalez]

Thanks, I actually incorporated format shortG into the code and that seemed to solve my issue. Not sure why I thought it wouldn't.