Multiply them by 10000 ? Lorn wrote:
> I'm trying to work on a dataset that has it's primary numbers saved as > floats in string format. I'd like to work with them as integers with an > implied decimal to the hundredth. The problem is that the current > precision is variable. For instance, some numbers have 4 decimal places > while others have 2, etc. (10.7435 vs 1074.35)... all numbers are of > fixed length. > > I have some ideas of how to do this, but I'm wondering if there's a > better way. My current way is to brute force search where the decimal > is by slicing and then cutoff the extraneous numbers, however, it would > be nice to stay away from a bunch of if then's. > > Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this more efficiently? > > Many Thanks, > Lorn -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
