Latex

class astropy.units.format.Latex[source]

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')[source]

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)[source]

Convert a unit object to a string.