Re: Converting 5.223701009526849e-05 to 5e-05

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From	Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>
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Subject	Re: Converting 5.223701009526849e-05 to 5e-05
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Op Sunday 3 May 2015 11:51 CEST schreef Chris Angelico:

> On Sun, May 3, 2015 at 7:22 PM, Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> wrote:
>> Op Sunday 3 May 2015 10:40 CEST schreef Ben Finney:
>>
>>> Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> writes:
>>>
>>>> When I have a value like 5.223701009526849e-05 in most cases I am
>>>> not interested in all the digest after the dot.
>>>
>>> What type of value is it?
>>
>> If the absolute value is bigger as 0 and smaller as 1, it should be
>> a float. ;-)
>
> Or maybe a fractions.Fraction, or a decimal.Decimal, or a complex,
> or maybe a RXSTRING or a Gmp.mpf! There's more than one way to store
> a number...

Oops. :'-(
I still have to learn a lot.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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Converting 5.223701009526849e-05 to 5e-05 Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-05-03 10:11 +0200
  Re: Converting 5.223701009526849e-05 to 5e-05 Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-05-03 18:40 +1000
    Re: Converting 5.223701009526849e-05 to 5e-05 Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-05-03 11:22 +0200
      Re: Converting 5.223701009526849e-05 to 5e-05 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-03 19:51 +1000
        Re: Converting 5.223701009526849e-05 to 5e-05 Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-05-03 12:02 +0200
          Re: Converting 5.223701009526849e-05 to 5e-05 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-05-03 20:57 +1000
      Re: Converting 5.223701009526849e-05 to 5e-05 Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2015-05-03 07:34 -0400
  Re: Converting 5.223701009526849e-05 to 5e-05 Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-05-03 18:48 +1000
    Re: Converting 5.223701009526849e-05 to 5e-05 Alexander Blinne <news@blinne.net> - 2015-05-07 10:00 +0200

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