Ethan Furman wrote: > I need to translate numeric data in a string format into a binary format. > I know there are at least two different > methods of representing parts less that 1, such as "10.5" and "10,5". The > data is encoded using code pages, and can vary depending on the file being > read (so I can't rely on current locale settings). > > I'm sure this is a solved problem, but I'm not finding those solutions. > Any pointers?
There's babel http://babel.pocoo.org/en/latest/numbers.html#parsing-numbers though I'm not sure what to think of the note below the linked paragraph. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list