{siunitx} is a package that provides consistent typesetting of physical quantities, allowing application of various typographic conventions with the same input syntax. This package should be used instead of the largely obsolete {siunits} package.
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newcolumntype, siunitx, tabu and illegal pream-tokens
I use tabu with siunitx for making my charts with MikTeX 2.9, tabu 2.8 and now siunitx v2.5g. Since last time using the updater \newcolumn commands like
\newcolumntype D{X[1,c]{%
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Center align italic number in siunitx S-column
Here is a table with the siunitx S column type. I would like the italic value (the command with swapshift) to be still centered on the decimal point. The superscript can be variable, but will almost ...
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ascii and siunitx packages collide
I want to load both the ascii package and the siunitx package. The problem is that both define a symbol \SI. Is there any way to make both packages work together?
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Using dashes with siunitx with pgfplotstable
I have a table setup that is mostly numerical columns. However, there are occasionally some cells that have a blank entry, currently the in the excel csv file output as "---". Everything worked ...
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siunitx not working in table [closed]
I am trying to use siunitx package to format tables, but it just doesn't seem to be working. I am using texlive2012 installation under ubuntu 12.04. A minimal "working" example would be:
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Can siunitx use roman when familydefault is set to sans serif? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I make siunitx commands use serif fonts like the rest of the math in beamer?
I have a MWE showing setting the family default to sans serif with ...
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Color table element with siunitx S column
I have a table with numbers that I have aligned using the S column type provided by the siunitx package. I need to make one of the table elements red, but when I do that, the number that is red is no ...
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Can I make siunitx commands use serif fonts like the rest of the math in beamer?
In a beamer presentation I can use \usefonttheme[onlymath]{serif} to typeset the math in a serif font while the rest of the presentation is in a sans-serif font. But the \SI command from siunitx ...
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numbers before decimal separator do not align in table column [closed]
I want a table column that is aligned at the decimal separator. For that I use the S column type defined by the siunitx package. However, when I do this, the numbers left of the decimal separator are ...
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siunitx package not working in tables
I can't get the special table columns from the siunitx package to work. The numbers render in a normal l column but not in the special S coulmn. Here's my minimal example:
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xfrac + siunitx gives me a font warning
I'm using mathpazo and the AMS math packages, and I just started using xfrac for the \sfrac command. However, now when I use \sfrac (or when I set siunitx to use it), I get this output:
LaTeX Font ...
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number separator formatting with ragged right positioning using siunitx, R, Hmisc::latex
I found Boris's suggestion to use siunitx to achieve number formatting in Hmisc::latex tables to almost be exactly what I was looking for:
R, Sweave, Hmisc: pretty-print numbers
However, if you look ...
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Installation of siunitx and LaTeX 3
I am interested in using the package siunitx. However, it appears that I need to be running LaTeX 3 in order to do this. The installation information on CTAN seems somewhat cryptic, and I am ...
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Getting \bm to pass thru siunitx macros
It seems that macros form the \siunitx package have a \bm problem, but no problem with \textcolor:
Note that the 180 passed thru the \ang macro is not bold.
So, how do I change the \MyFormat macro ...
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Error in siunitx with TeXlive 2012? 'missing $' with inter-unit-product option
With the latest TeXlive update to the 2012 version, for some reason I am getting missing $ inserted messages, when using the inter-unit-product option for \si.
For example, this is taken directly ...
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Spurious spaces in tabular environment with siunitx and percent symbol
I keep getting spurious spaces when I use the siunitx in a tabular environment in the presence of a percent (%) symbol. I am trying to align at the decimal point.
My code is:
\begin{tabular}{lS}
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How to round to units of thousands or millions, etc., in a table column?
I have a table with lots of raw numbers in the billions and hundreds of millions. I'd like to abbreviate the figures in these columns to millions. So instead of 234,091,123 as per the input, I'd like ...
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Expressing computer time units with siunitx
I need to express things like (longhand) 'this fullword contains the elapsed time in units of 1048576 microseconds'.
I would imagine something like '... units of µs × 2²° ...' (horrid superscript, I ...
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Column format datatool
all. Suppose I have a csv file (let's call it data.csv):
Solution,mol/L,Volume(mL),delta_v(mL),moles
HNO3,16,5,0.2,3.125E-4
NaOH,6,20.2,0.2,3.367E-3
H2O,1;200,5,2.000E-1
H2SO4,6,5.2;0.2,8.667E-4
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siunitx won't recognise options and new macros [closed]
I seem to be having some weird problems with the package siunitx.
The package itself works but almost everything I try to add to it in the preamble doesn't work, e.g.:
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siunitx: How to get bold, aligned entries and how to align when units differ in length?
I tried my first steps with siunitx, but I have trouble achieving the following in the minimal example below:
1) aligning the entries in the first column with respect to the decimal dot
2) getting a ...
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alignment of table numbers
why the numbers indicated from the arrows are not aligned compared to the columns above ?
\documentclass[border=10.0mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{booktabs,caption}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\sisetup{%
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How to use the 'qualifiers' in siunitx?
This question is extention of How to define unit in siunitx?
I need
10 kg of water/m^3 of air
How to get this...following code does not give this...
\documentclass{article}
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How to set the precision in numbers
I include the number as \num{0.12368455}. I need to print '0.1237'.
How to do this...
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Align siunitx numbers in a tabu table
The minimal example below gives me a strange offset in numbers with exponential numbers. I think tabu and siunitx are getting in each others way. Is anyone aware of a workaround?
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Siunitx: Overfull hbox warnings when including significance stars.
I use siunitx to decimal align the contents of tables that I create with Stata's estout, as shown in the MWE below. I think the output is perfect, with the numbers being aligned on the decimal point ...
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Automatic thousands separators?
I want to typeset big numbers with a separator (e.g a space or a ",") between hundreds and thousands, etc... For example 1 Million = 1 000 000.
I know the package siunitx which does it very well, but ...
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How to use siunitx with non numerical values?
I understand that something like \SI{5}{\meter\per\second} defines a certain space between the number (5) and units (m/s). What should I use if instead of a numerical quantity I want a variable: R ...
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Problem with siunitx and T1 fontenc
I'm having a slight problem with siunitx and fontencwith T1 encoding (I write a lot in Swedish and most people suggest that I should use T1). When I compile to PDF with \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} the ...
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Problem with options in \DeclareSiUnit
I also wanted to know How to use siunitx to write 100 MBps?, so \sisetup{per-mode=symbol,per-symbol = p} solved my question and I decided to use it as option in ...
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\per\kWh produces a wrong output
I want to say 10 cent dollar per kilowatt-hour of electricity. When I compile the following,
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\SI[per-mode=symbol]{0.1}[\$]{\per\kWh}
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How to use siunitx to write 100 MBps?
I want to show 100 MBps (one hundred mega byte per second) in my article. How to make use of siunitx package to produce the rate correctly?
The following outputs are not what I want to get.
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siunitx: µ doesn't work
I'm using TeXnicCenter for Windows (7) and I'm a bloody beginner in everything that concerns LaTeX. I'm using the siunitx package for mathematical formulas and it works just fine... with one ...
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siunitx number too big when trying to round with scientific-notation = fixed
I'm trying to to round numbers in latex in a way, such that 1.23456e-10 rounded to two places becomes zero and not 1.23e-10.
One solution with siunitx is
\num[round-mode=places,scientific-notation ...
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Adjusting S column in siunitx
I am a beginner in LaTeX, trying to use it for an industrial test report. I have numerous tables in my document, and I have recently discovered the capabilities of siunitx. I would like to use S ...
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How do I get expl3 from CTAN?
My real problem is that I am trying to use a package which depends on siunitx, and it complains on compiling with the following error:
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/siunitx/siunitx.sty
! Package ...
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Properly align numbers with units in table
I need to typeset a table comparing, among other things, the temporal resolution of certain datasets. Ordinarily, I would put the common unit into the table header, and only list the values in the ...
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Is there an siunitx number formatting option equivalent to pgfplots's “fixed relative”?
I need to typeset a table with units, so I'd like to use siunitx for that. However, I don't want scientific notation, but a given number of figures. pgfplots has the fixed relative option for that ...
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The siunitx package messes with manually input thousand-separators
Recently I found the very useful siunitx package, and immediately looked to use it for some tables. Unfortunately, I already have all my numbers typeset with , thousand separator and . decimal ...
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Why do some fonts used by siunitx and textcomp look rasterized?
For example, the mu in \SI{1.55}{\micro\metre} looks really bad for some reason.
For textcomp, \textmu looks the same.
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siunitx: Alignment Problems with numbers in parenthesis
The example given below gives me a strange offset in 4th decimal place in the parenthesis. Interestingly, this problem arose only after I updated my Miktex 2.8 to Miktex 2.9. I don't know whats ...
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siunitx uses math mode for symbols - workaround needed when using different fonts for math and text
This is a follow up question from Using old style fonts of palatino (mathpazo) in math mode. The original problem has been solved using siunitx instead of dcolumn. However, the problem is that I am ...
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siunitx multicolumn problem
In addition to Right-centered columns in LyX, I have another problem, now with multicolumns. I want to center the number "98" (which spans two columns) above the two other columns. These shall be ...
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Right-centered columns in LyX
This is very near to my topic: How to align integers on the right, but still center them.
However, I do not get it to work under LyX. This is the code I have:
\begin{table}[H]
\centering
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Chemical purity and siunitx clash when putting a “+” after percentage
I'm using siunitx to describe some chemical purities. The purity I would like to describe is sold by the chemical company as 99.9+ % (not the best way of describing it I'm sure). When I try to ...
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Using oldstyle figures of palatino (mathpazo) in math mode
I am using \usepackage[osf]{mathpazo} for oldstyle figures and the dcolumn package to align the contents of tables at their decimal point. The problem is that dcolumn automatically sets the aligned ...
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Siunitx: how to deal with invalid numerical input '-'?
Thanks to you all, I found siunitx for decimal alignment. However, some of the columns in my correlation matrix don't have any numbers and have "-" instead. siunitx gives me an error about invalid ...
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siunitx: specifying custom command as input-symbol
This is a follow up from siunitx uses math mode for symbols - workaround needed when using different fonts for math and text.
The problem has been solved thanks to David, however there is a problem ...
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\SIrange[tophrase=dash] fails to render an en-dash
When using \SIrange[tophrase=dash] to specify a range of numbers with units, the range phrase is literally specified as dash.
The following MWE yields 10 mdash20 m as an output.
MWE:
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siunitx number too big when trying to round
Using the siunitx package
\usepackage{siunitx}
I am trying to put numbers with plenty of decimal digits in a table while rounding them to 3 digits after the decimal point. There is a compilation ...
