Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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" % 314159 '3.142e+05' >>> Not close when you have the exponent. -- Jorge Godoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
