How to toggle scientific notation in Clojure?

Question

I am trying to solving pythonchallenge problem using Clojure: ``` (java.lang.Math/pow 2 38) ``` I got ``` 2.74877906944E11 ``` However, I need to turn off this scientific notation. I searched clojure docs, still don't know what to do. Is there a general way to toggle on/off scientific notation in Clojure? Thanks.

Accepted Answer

You can use format to control how results are printed.

```
user> (format "%.0f" (Math/pow 2 38))
"274877906944"
```

Also, if there is no danger of losing wanted data, you can cast to an exact type:

```
user> 274877906944.0
2.74877906944E11
user> (long 274877906944.0)
274877906944
```

There are BigInts for larger inputs

```
user> (bigint 27487790694400000000.0)
27487790694400000000N
```

How to toggle scientific notation in Clojure?

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