Re: Odd ValueError using float

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Date	2015-03-14 09:14 +1100
Subject	Re: Odd ValueError using float
From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Message-ID	<mailman.338.1426284851.21433.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 9:10 AM, emile <emile@fenx.com> wrote:
> (Pdb) decval
> '4'
> (Pdb) len(decval)
> 1
> (Pdb) int(decval)
> *** ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '41.700000000000003'
> (Pdb)
>
>
> Any ideas?

What's type(decval) tell you? I suspect you may have something other
than a string, even though it looks like a string in its repr.

ChrisA

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Re: Odd ValueError using float Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-14 09:14 +1100

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