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

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Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> writes:

> Assuming we're talking about a ‘float’ value::
>
>     >>> foo = 5.223701009526849e-05
>     >>> "{foo:5.1}".format(foo=foo)
>     '5e-05'

That's not as clear as it could be. Better is to be explicit about
choosing “exponential” format::

    >>> foo = 5.223701009526849e-05
    >>> "{foo:5.0e}".format(foo=foo)
    '5e-05'

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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
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  Re: Converting 5.223701009526849e-05 to 5e-05 Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-05-03 18:48 +1000
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