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Different forums have slightly different formatting so if you implement an idea or discover something using Jorrie's online calculator and want to share the output table with the rest of us, these are some simple things to do to make the table clear and legible in PF setting.
For example say you keep all the settings the same as the present defaults except you change S_lower from 0.01 to 1, and you check the "copy&paste" box.
That will give a table with the top row S=1090 (the origin of the CMB radiation)
and the bottom row S=1 (the present day)
going down in 10 steps, because 10 is the default number of steps---if you want more you have to change it.
If you copy and paste the resulting table without any grooming, in "code" tags, this is what you get:
Now if you erase the final zero of 1090.000 you get:
Now I suggest putting cursor right ahead of each number in the third column, pressing delete and then three spaces. This shrinks the space between second and third columns from one large to 3 small spaces:
At this point you can probably see how to do whatever else you think is needed for the table to look good and make sense. I would shrink the space between columns 4 and 5 down to say four small spaces, just for looks. That means put the cursor right before the number, press delete (to get rid of the big space) and press the spacebar four times. And then get the alignment of the column headings positioned right. First dealing with the space between fourth and fifth columns:
And then with the headings. I put 3 small spaces before S, 3 before a, 6 before T, 9 before T_Hub, 10 before D_now, and this is what results:
You may be able to make this look better, or you may see how to get things lined up with smarter moves. I've never learned to use the large spacers. I tend to erase them and just press the ordinary space-bar to insert small (normal size) spaces. However many are needed.
You might want to insert UNITS in the headings. Like "T" is the expansion age and is measured in billions of hears (Gy). So the row with the headings could look like:
For example say you keep all the settings the same as the present defaults except you change S_lower from 0.01 to 1, and you check the "copy&paste" box.
That will give a table with the top row S=1090 (the origin of the CMB radiation)
and the bottom row S=1 (the present day)
going down in 10 steps, because 10 is the default number of steps---if you want more you have to change it.
If you copy and paste the resulting table without any grooming, in "code" tags, this is what you get:
Code:
S a T T_Hub D_now D_then D_hor D_par
1090.000 0.000917 0.000378 0.000637 45.731 0.042 0.056 0.001
541.606 0.001846 0.001200 0.001945 45.126 0.083 0.113 0.003
269.117 0.003716 0.003662 0.005761 44.225 0.164 0.223 0.009
133.721 0.007478 0.010876 0.016772 42.912 0.321 0.439 0.028
66.444 0.015050 0.031751 0.048364 41.023 0.617 0.855 0.085
33.015 0.030289 0.091754 0.138771 38.325 1.161 1.640 0.253
16.405 0.060958 0.263633 0.397095 34.484 2.102 3.066 0.743
8.151 0.122680 0.754694 1.132801 29.030 3.561 5.501 2.164
4.050 0.246896 2.146402 3.182937 21.343 5.269 9.172 6.254
2.013 0.496887 5.887073 8.078066 11.017 5.474 13.329 17.716
1.000 1.000000 13.753303 13.999929 0.000 0.000 15.793 46.686
Time now (at S=1) or present age in billion years:
13.753301
Now if you erase the final zero of 1090.000 you get:
Code:
S a T T_Hub D_now D_then D_hor D_par
1090.00 0.000917 0.000378 0.000637 45.731 0.042 0.056 0.001
541.606 0.001846 0.001200 0.001945 45.126 0.083 0.113 0.003
269.117 0.003716 0.003662 0.005761 44.225 0.164 0.223 0.009
133.721 0.007478 0.010876 0.016772 42.912 0.321 0.439 0.028
66.444 0.015050 0.031751 0.048364 41.023 0.617 0.855 0.085
33.015 0.030289 0.091754 0.138771 38.325 1.161 1.640 0.253
16.405 0.060958 0.263633 0.397095 34.484 2.102 3.066 0.743
8.151 0.122680 0.754694 1.132801 29.030 3.561 5.501 2.164
4.050 0.246896 2.146402 3.182937 21.343 5.269 9.172 6.254
2.013 0.496887 5.887073 8.078066 11.017 5.474 13.329 17.716
1.000 1.000000 13.753303 13.999929 0.000 0.000 15.793 46.686
Time now (at S=1) or present age in billion years:
13.753301
Now I suggest putting cursor right ahead of each number in the third column, pressing delete and then three spaces. This shrinks the space between second and third columns from one large to 3 small spaces:
Code:
S a T T_Hub D_now D_then D_hor D_par
1090.00 0.000917 0.000378 0.000637 45.731 0.042 0.056 0.001
541.606 0.001846 0.001200 0.001945 45.126 0.083 0.113 0.003
269.117 0.003716 0.003662 0.005761 44.225 0.164 0.223 0.009
133.721 0.007478 0.010876 0.016772 42.912 0.321 0.439 0.028
66.444 0.015050 0.031751 0.048364 41.023 0.617 0.855 0.085
33.015 0.030289 0.091754 0.138771 38.325 1.161 1.640 0.253
16.405 0.060958 0.263633 0.397095 34.484 2.102 3.066 0.743
8.151 0.122680 0.754694 1.132801 29.030 3.561 5.501 2.164
4.050 0.246896 2.146402 3.182937 21.343 5.269 9.172 6.254
2.013 0.496887 5.887073 8.078066 11.017 5.474 13.329 17.716
1.000 1.000000 13.753303 13.999929 0.000 0.000 15.793 46.686
Time now (at S=1) or present age in billion years:
13.753301
Code:
S a T T_Hub D_now D_then D_hor D_par
1090.00 0.000917 0.000378 0.000637 45.731 0.042 0.056 0.001
541.606 0.001846 0.001200 0.001945 45.126 0.083 0.113 0.003
269.117 0.003716 0.003662 0.005761 44.225 0.164 0.223 0.009
133.721 0.007478 0.010876 0.016772 42.912 0.321 0.439 0.028
66.444 0.015050 0.031751 0.048364 41.023 0.617 0.855 0.085
33.015 0.030289 0.091754 0.138771 38.325 1.161 1.640 0.253
16.405 0.060958 0.263633 0.397095 34.484 2.102 3.066 0.743
8.151 0.122680 0.754694 1.132801 29.030 3.561 5.501 2.164
4.050 0.246896 2.146402 3.182937 21.343 5.269 9.172 6.254
2.013 0.496887 5.887073 8.078066 11.017 5.474 13.329 17.716
1.000 1.000000 13.753303 13.999929 0.000 0.000 15.793 46.686
Time now (at S=1) or present age in billion years:
13.753301
Code:
S a T T_Hub D_now D_then D_hor D_par
1090.00 0.000917 0.000378 0.000637 45.731 0.042 0.056 0.001
541.606 0.001846 0.001200 0.001945 45.126 0.083 0.113 0.003
269.117 0.003716 0.003662 0.005761 44.225 0.164 0.223 0.009
133.721 0.007478 0.010876 0.016772 42.912 0.321 0.439 0.028
66.444 0.015050 0.031751 0.048364 41.023 0.617 0.855 0.085
33.015 0.030289 0.091754 0.138771 38.325 1.161 1.640 0.253
16.405 0.060958 0.263633 0.397095 34.484 2.102 3.066 0.743
8.151 0.122680 0.754694 1.132801 29.030 3.561 5.501 2.164
4.050 0.246896 2.146402 3.182937 21.343 5.269 9.172 6.254
2.013 0.496887 5.887073 8.078066 11.017 5.474 13.329 17.716
1.000 1.000000 13.753303 13.999929 0.000 0.000 15.793 46.686
Time now (at S=1) or present age in billion years:
13.753301
You may be able to make this look better, or you may see how to get things lined up with smarter moves. I've never learned to use the large spacers. I tend to erase them and just press the ordinary space-bar to insert small (normal size) spaces. However many are needed.
You might want to insert UNITS in the headings. Like "T" is the expansion age and is measured in billions of hears (Gy). So the row with the headings could look like:
Code:
S a(=1/S) T(Gy) T_Hub(Gy) D_now(Gly) D_then(Gly) D_hor(Gly) D_par(Gly)
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