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On 2014-02-15, Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> wrote:

> Is there something I can search for and fix in some python code that
> is giving me bogus answers that get good only when there is a valid
> digit to the left of the decimal point?

Yes.

Search for incorrectly written code and fix it.  I'd start part way
down in that one file, and then also look in that other file, but not
as far down.

At least he doesn't think he's using real numbers...