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Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:56:26 -0500
From: Dave Angel <davea@davea.name>
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On 03/05/2013 03:09 PM, faraz@squashclub.org wrote:
> Instead of:
>
> 1.8e-04
>
> I need:
>
> 1.8e-004
>
> So two zeros before the 4, instead of the default 1.
>

You could insert a zero two characters before the end,

num = "1.8e-04"
num = num[:-2] + "0" + num[-2:]

But to get closer to your problem, could you give some background?  What 
version of Python, what type is this "number" before you convert it to a 
string, how are you converting it?

If the type supports variable precision, then what precision range are 
you interested in supporting?

A sample program that produces the wrong output, but going through all 
the appropriate steps would be useful.  Show what values you start with, 
how they get converted, and what you'd like to happen.  What do you want 
to happen if the number is  actually    1.8e-178 ?  How about  1.8e-1488 ?



-- 
DaveA