On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:07:02 +0530, Suresh Jeevanandam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi, > I want to convert a string to float value. The string contains >engineering symbols. > For example, > > s = '12k' > > I want some function which would return 12000 > function(s) > => 12000.0 > I searched the web, but could not find any function. > It should be easy enough, if you can define precisely what "contains engineering symbols" means ;-) Regards, Bengt Richter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list