Steve Holden wrote: > Darren Dale wrote: >> Does anyone know if it is possible to represent a number as a string with >> engineering notation (like scientific notation, but with 10 raised to >> multiples of 3: 120e3, 12e-6, etc.). I know this is possible with the >> decimal.Decimal class, but repeatedly instantiating Decimals is >> inefficient for my application (matplotlib plotting library). If it is >> not currently possible, do you think the python devs would be receptive >> to including support for engineering notation in future releases? >> > How close is this: > > >>> "%.3e" % 3.14159 > '3.142e+00'
>>> "%.3e" % 31415.9 '3.142e+04' What I am looking for is '31.4159e+03' Darren -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
