On 2011-07-22, Billy Mays <81282ed9a88799d21e77957df2d84bd6514d9...@myhashismyemail.com> wrote: > On 07/22/2011 10:58 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: >> On 2011-07-22, Billy >> Mays<81282ed9a88799d21e77957df2d84bd6514d9...@myhashismyemail.com> wrote: >>> Properly formatted means that Python would accept the string as an >>> argument to float() without raising an exception. >> >> Then you can't assume that '.' is the radix character. > > When you use radix, I assume you mean the grouping separator for large > numbers, not the base correct? I have always heard radix used as the > base (ie base 2) of the number, as in radix sort.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix_point >> No, I'm talking about the claim that you should use decmial so that >> you can use rounding when the OP's example showed that rounding was >> not what he wanted. > > Yes, you are right. I mistyped what I was thinking. Let me rephrase: > > decimal is needed to preserve the accuracy of the string to `number` > conversion. True. You shouldn't try to use a float for values not within the range of a float. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! NANCY!! Why is at everything RED?! gmail.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
