What is e in The value of entropy

When i calculate the value of entropy,then it comes like -1.0735e+02 What does mean by e? How can i get the exact value(What is the value of e here)?

Answer 1

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e (or E) is the computer-generated representation for the 10 exponent in scientific notation. Hence the value you have is -107.35 to the precision shown. You can get more decimal places by

format long

See

doc fprintf

for details on the formatting expressions.