On Jul 17, 2:13 pm, "Dee Asbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In multiplying a value of xe^-325 with ye^-4, Python is returning zero. How > do I get it to give me back my tiny value? > > Thanks! > Dee
Also, Python's decimal class allows theoretically unlimited precision. I have extremely limited knowledge here. It gives the following for 2**-325. I have no idea if the answer is correct. You'll have to see if gmpy or decimal works better for this. One piece of advice is to use whichever exclusively. If you use a float and then covert to either one, the result will be corrupted. import decimal decimal.getcontext().prec = 375 ## set precision at 375 print "2**-325 =", decimal.Decimal(str(2**-325)) 2**-325 = 1.46302386084E-98 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
