# Hello. May someone explain me this expression? N = Int(1e3)

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hello-may-someone-explain-me-this-expression-n-int-1e3/50520
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** calculus
**Created:** [November 21, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hello-may-someone-explain-me-this-expression-n-int-1e3/50520 "2020-11-21T00:43:28Z")
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### Author: ![jcbritobr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jcbritobr/32/219275_2.png) [@jcbritobr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jcbritobr)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hello-may-someone-explain-me-this-expression-n-int-1e3/50520/1 "2020-11-21T00:43:29Z")

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I tryed reproduce this using 1\euler3 unicode, without success. May someone help me to understand this expression?

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### Author: ![tomerarnon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tomerarnon/32/3170_2.png) [@tomerarnon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tomerarnon)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hello-may-someone-explain-me-this-expression-n-int-1e3/50520/2 "2020-11-21T00:48:11Z")

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It’s a regular ascii `e`. It stands for “exponent” because the 3 is treated like `1.0 x 10^3`

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### Author: ![jcbritobr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jcbritobr/32/219275_2.png) [@jcbritobr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jcbritobr)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hello-may-someone-explain-me-this-expression-n-int-1e3/50520/3 "2020-11-21T00:49:20Z")

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How to do it in unicode? This is a source code block.

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### Author: ![tomerarnon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tomerarnon/32/3170_2.png) [@tomerarnon](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tomerarnon)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hello-may-someone-explain-me-this-expression-n-int-1e3/50520/4 "2020-11-21T00:50:16Z")

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Just `1e3`… It’s a regular “e” like the kind you used to write “unicod **e** ”

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### Author: ![jcbritobr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jcbritobr/32/219275_2.png) [@jcbritobr](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jcbritobr)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2020, 12:51am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hello-may-someone-explain-me-this-expression-n-int-1e3/50520/5 "2020-11-21T00:51:55Z")

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Yep. Its amazing. Did not knew that trick. I was thinking about an unicode char.