Tuvas wrote:
> I would like to limit a floating variable to 4 signifigant digits, when
> running thorugh a str command. Ei,
>
>
> x=.13241414515
> y=str(x)+" something here"
>
> But somehow limiting that to 4 sign. digits. I know that if you use the
> print statement, you can do something like %.4d, but how can I do this
> with converting the number to a string? Thanks!
%d for a floating-point type? Is that right?
Anyway, ITYW:
"%.4g" % x
E.g:
>>> x=.13241414515
>>> y="%.4g something here" % x
>>> print y
0.1324 something here
>>>
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