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I am trying to write Latex report generator for my standard data analysis. But there is an issue with formatting numbers I can not get around. I would like to make use of my own NumberFormat and StringTemplatess but the last reformats the numbers. Here is an example:

n = QuantityMagnitude@UnitConvert@Quantity["PlanckConstant"]

6.626070*10^-34

ScientificForm[n, 3, 
 ExponentFunction -> (If[-10 < # < 10, Null, #] &), 
 NumberFormat -> (If[#3 != "", Row[{#1, "e", #3}], #1] &)]

6.63e-34

StringTemplate["A: ``"]@%

A: 0.00000000000000000000000000000000066260696

Is there a way to make StringTemplate output the numbers in a format I have specified? I guess the problem might have something to do with underlying TextString.

Johu
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The default InsertionFunction for StringTemplate is TextString; use ToString instead:

SetOptions[StringTemplate, InsertionFunction -> ToString]
Mr.Wizard
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Looks like a bug, here is simple workaround:

StringTemplate["A: ``"]@ToString@%

"A: 6.63e-34"
Alexey Popkov
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