Re: mkiv digits/units zero padding not working

[Wolfgang Schuster <wolfgang.schuster.lists@gmail.com>]

Benjamin Buchmuller schrieb am 07.05.2020 um 17:31:
> Hi,
> 
> I’m trying to get
> 
> \digits{15.0=}±\digits{1.00}
> 
> \digits{_8.12}±\digits{0.34}
> 
> horizontally aligned as
> 
> 15.0 ±1.00
>   8.12±0.34
> 
> But I get
> 
> 15.0±1.00
>   8.12±0.34
> 
> instead.
> 
>  From the source (phys-dim.mkiv), I can see that “=“ should expand to \hphantom{0}. (I think \zeropoint in the table is outdated, since \def\zeropoint\hphantom{0} does not solve the problem either.)

1. Which table?

2. This is not how \def works.

3. When you redefine \zeropoint (which isn't a macro) you're going to 
break everything.

> I can’t use tabulate or alignment in math mode for this problem unfortunately.

I looked at the code and the problem is = can only be used to insert 
space for two digits (e.g. 100.==).

Wolfgang
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