Latex¶

class astropy.units.format.Latex[source] [edit on github]¶

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

Attempts to follow the IAU Style Manual.

Attributes Summary

Methods Summary

`format_exponential_notation`(val)	Formats a value in exponential notation for LaTeX.
`to_string`(unit)	Convert a unit object to a string.

Attributes Documentation

Methods Documentation

classmethod format_exponential_notation(val)[source] [edit on github]¶

Formats a value in exponential notation for LaTeX.

Parameters:

val : number

The value to be formatted

Returns:

latex_string : str

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

to_string(unit)[source] [edit on github]¶: Convert a unit object to a string.