Re: mantissa and exponent in base 10

[C or L Smith]

Jason Swails wrote:
>> s = ('%%%ig' % sigfigs) % n # double-% cancels the %

Thanks! I see that the parenthesis can be dropped, too:

>>> '%%.%ig' % 3 % 4.23456e-5
'4.23e-05'

/c
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