Questions tagged [siunitx]
{siunitx} is a package that provides consistent typesetting of physical quantities, allowing application of various typographic conventions with the same input syntax. This package replaces the deprecated {siunits} package.
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Package siunitx Error: Invalid number '1.654 x 2.34 x 3.430'
when I tried to render the document in texlive 2023 with xelatex compiler:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\num{.3e45}\\
\num{1.654 x 2.34 x 3....
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Why is \tablenum{} needed for correct table alignment using siunitx and multirow?
I am trying to typeset a very big and complicated table and was struggling to correctly align the last column (the 10 in the MWE should not be centered but under the last two 0s of the 7000000 above ...
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The `siunitx` package uses the wrong font for the micro symbol with babel
I use babel to write documents in my native language Hebrew. I also use the siunitx package to format numbers and units. I use custom fonts for Hebrew and English (for Hebrew since I need a font that ...
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Units when the axis is the log
Not sure if this is the right forum but I saw some similar questions so here goes:
I want to plot the log of a positive quantity. What's the best approach to communicate units. For instance if I take ...
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Specify only uncertainty with exponent notation using siunitx
I use the siunitx package to format numbers and units. Let's say I have a lab measurement where the value is of a "regular" order of magnitude, but the uncertainty is really small. For ...
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siunitx in tabular and missing space around pm
The example show the issue:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{booktabs,tabularx,multirow}
\sisetup{
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Help standardise decimals and change orders of magnitude in siunitx table
I have a badly written table that has a variable figures after the decimal. I also want to shift the order of magnitude by a factor of 3. The original table is quite big, but this MWE captures some of ...
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How to insert a character between the number and the unit in the siunitx package
I want the create a compound adjective, e.g.,
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
The $50-\si{\hertz}$ signal is obtained via...
\end{document}
The output is horrible, ...
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How to define a \degreeKelvin using siunitx?
I know there is a command like \degreeCelsius in siunitx. But I do not know how to define something like \degreeKelvin (in a title like this). using \qty{300}{\degree\Kelvin} will add too many spaces.
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tabularray column X with siunitx column S combined gives weird behavior
I use the tabularray package for tables and combined the X column with the si option.
The X column` is defined as:
My MWE yields this obfuscated table
And I tried to tweak some options, but I really ...
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Bug in siunitx?
I am using power to 1/2 in siunitx:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage[per-mode = symbol-or-fraction]{siunitx}
\usepackage{xfrac}
\begin{document}
\unit{\second\tothe{\text{\sfrac12}}}
\unit{\...
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Fraction as a power in siunitx
For a long time I have used the following code to put the fraction 1/2 as an exponent on the unit:
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{xfrac}
\DeclareSIPostPower\rooted{\sfrac{...
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Declare a SIUnit in math mode?
I want to declare the Bohr magneton \mu_\text{B} as a SI unit in the siunitx package within mathmode. I used the following definition in the preamble:
\DeclareSIUnit \muB {$\mu_\text{B}$}
Overleaf is ...
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Missing space between +--sign in siunitx version [2023-07-31] [duplicate]
I really dont know what happened, but for a couple of weeks I am approaching the following problem. Using siunitx (e. g. \qty{20+-10}{\mg}), the spacing between the +- sign and the numbers is missing. ...
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Problem with powerdot and siunitx
I have a problem using powerdot with siunitx.
A minimal example is as follows:
\documentclass[style=simple,mode=print]{powerdot}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\end{document}
This generates ...
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How to adjust the horizontal spacing of a table to get a good horizontal distribution?
How can I adjust the horizontal spacing of my table so the columns for Object, Values A, and Values B are evenly or better distributed? So far, I always used the X column type from tabularx to get ...
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Can't align angle values with siunitx in table
I'm having trouble aligning angle values in my document with siunitx. The numbers are only aligned properly if I don't use the \ang{} command from siunitx. I made a small, minimum working example that ...
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Shortcut for a counts-per-time unit with siunitx
I am writing first-aid related texts, where I have a lot of expressions like "/min" (like "she has an heart rate of 60/min") and so on.
I would like to write this kind of numbers ...
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Referencing roundtab cell value that is produced by a siunitx macro (here a rounding macro)
In the following script, I'm trying to reference the value tagged by round. But I don't know how to do that. If I place the tag inside as shown, the corresponding cell produces the number without ...
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Spacing between units in siunitx
I am using the siunitx package and the documentation is a bit mind-blowing.
I'm using it with no options and no sisetup.
There is zero spacing my units. I have tried to add sisetup with inter-unit-...
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Pass options to package loaded as tabularray library
Tabularray emulates commands in some other packages and therefore requests that you enable them with \UseTblrLibrary instead. One such package is siunitx. When loading siunitx normally, one could pass ...
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How to resolve Debian incompatibility between siunitx and units packages
I have some legacy LaTeX files that use the siunitx and units package. A minum working example is below:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{units} % Line 3
\begin{document}
$...
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auto expansion only possible with scalable fonts caused by siunitx
english (german version below): I have this LaTex code from a template, I have strongly minimized the preamble, because in the original preamble about 100 different packages and functions are included ...
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Vertically align numbers in siunitx column at the bottom
I have a table with different row sizes and some S[] columns from package siunitx. By default, the numbers in the S columns are vertically centered in each row:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[...
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Align numbers at decimal point using tabulararray package
I used the option si={table-format=3.4} because I will have integers in the range of hundreds and as many as four decimals, yet neither the decimals nor the ranges are arranged.
What could I be ...
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How to create a thinspace?
I have made a table (please see the attached code, obtained largely from this answer) in latex but I am not being able to create a thinspace after the "<" symbol.
If I put the dollar ($$) ...
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Simplify zeros in table
I'm making some tables of cartesian coordinates as supplementary information and I just came across some cases where some simplifications might be useful.
To generate these tables I copy the cartesian ...
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Table not appearing, but document compiles without errors
I'm writing up some tables for supplementary information and I've come across an issue. For context, I am using TexShop on a M1max MacBook Pro (i.e. running latest ARM version of TexShop).
In order to ...
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Kurier font, greek letters not displaying properly with siunitx
Trying to use the kurier font along with the siunitx package via pdflatex. In math-mode, the font looks good, but when using siunitx with detect-all the Greek letters are not using the correct font. ...
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Align table exclusively to plus-minus signs without taking the decimal point into account
I would like to align my table the following way:
Arsen______0,63+-0,12__________18 +-12
Blei________11,7+-0,6__________109 +-9
As you can see, I don't want to have any space between the \pm sign and ...
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Line break between the number and the exponent
In the Latex source I have the following text
$q_\text{v} = \SI{2.26e6}{\J\per\kg}$
and the line break happens right between the number and the exponent as
... qv = 2.26 ×
106 J/kg...
Is there any ...
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Incorrect spacing of pm sign using S column type
The following code example
\documentclass[12pt, twoside]{report}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{booktabs,siunitx,amsmath,caption}
\sisetup{separate-uncertainty}
\begin{document}
\begin{...
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How to typeset micrometer (µm) using Arev font and SIUnitx
I have tried both of the following but the micro symbol is still incorrect since its serif whilst arev is a sans serif font:
\sisetup{detect-all}
\sisetup{math-micro={\usefont{T1}{phv}{m}{n}\text{\...
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Product list in siunitx
How can I print a list of products in siunitx? Is something like \numproductlist{10x5;20x10} possible with some modifications?
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siunitx with i-fonts-otf do not mix
If you use sisetup{mode=text} of siunitx with kpfonts-otf then \num{2.23e-23} fails.
MWE:
\documentclass[]{scrbook}
\usepackage[spanish,es-tabla]{babel}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage[]{kpfonts-otf}
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How to get wrapping in tables while using Siunitx?
Like the title suggests, I'd like to use the S[table-format = xyz] form in my tables, while having the longer headers be wrapped.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\...
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siunitx automatic line breaks for text in S column
I'm trying to typeset numbers into a table with a header row using the tabularray package and its siunitx library, but I can't figure out how to get siunitx' S columns to introduce automatic line ...
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Siuntix \num in combination with \input fails with "Argument of \@iinput has an extra }."
I'm trying to make siunitx interpret a number stored in a separate file on disk, but \num{\input{number.txt}} fails with the following error message: Argument of \@iinput has an extra }. Is there ...
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Why is my number not showing up in scientific notation inside a 'S'-type column?
I am using the following code to create a table that contains some regression results:
\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{siunitx}
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font color does not work in front of S column of `siunitx`
Given is a table with factors from x1 to x1000000000 then x0.1 and x0.01 in the fourth column.
The S column of siunitx takes care of the alignment.
Unexpectedly, however, the font color no longer ...
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How to place the unit in front of the number in siunitx?
For Euro, and I assume also for other currencies, it is recommended to put the symbol "€" in front of the number, opposed to most other scientific units where the symbol goes after the ...
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siunitx align numbers in table with some bold numbers
I have change the bold of numbers to b from bx.
I found only 10pt is right align, other fontsize is wrong align, when number format is not
asymmetrical, such as 1234567890.12.
Or if number format is ...
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Is this true when I type `\kilo\gram\cdot\metre\per\second`?
I see another way to type \kilo\gram\metre\per\second, see the problem 1.178:
I tried \SI{10}{\kilo\gram\cdot\metre\per\second}:
\documentclass[border=2mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\...
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Importing siunitx gives warning "file [...] does not appear to be a dictionary"
Why does the following minimal document result in the warning?
\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[catalan]{babel}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
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\qty alignment value in IEEEtran tables
So with the new version of siunitx there is this woderful command called \qty{}{}, yet in my table, I would like to have the numerical value aligned on the decimal point (the g_m coloumn).
The quick ...
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Tabular and SI \unit comand \uA giving a weird t
I just stumbled upon this weird problem using siunitx. I'm doing my report (mandatory in IEEE style), and it seem the micro prefix is giving me this strange t, inside a tabular environment.
I ...
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siunitx valid number now invalid [duplicate]
The following works fine with TeXLive up through 2020:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\num{\pi}
\end{document}
Starting with TeXLive 2021, this causes the error
! ...
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Why can't I use the Euro symbol (€) with siunitx?
I was just trying to define my own Euro (€) unit with \DeclareSIUnit{\myeuro}{€}, but couldn't get it to work. In the process I made the following MWE with a few different attempts that all don't seem ...
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Inconsistent kerning in units when using detect-all
When using the siunitx v3 option detect-all, the space between prefix and unit changes when in text mode. See the yellow markings in the image below, where the space between k and V is very small in ...
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Make siunitx use roman font in math mode and sans font in text, in a sans-serif document
In a sans serif document (with \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}) I'd like to have units and numbers in text mode set in sans serif, and numbers and units in math mode (inline or display) in ...
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