Yes, I know Vincent, thank you, but this would complicate my code unnecessarily.
I used Samuel idea. But I still think that the extra trailing zeros have no reason to exist. On Monday, October 6, 2014 1:08:23 PM UTC-3, vdelecroix wrote: > > Hi João, > > If you want precise control on the output, you might use the python > formatting (see > https://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html#formatstrings) > > sage: x = RR(pi) > sage: print x > 3.14159265358979 > sage: print "{:.3}".format(x) > 3.1 > sage: print "{:.5}".format(x) > 3.141 > > But perhaps it is not an answer to your question, is it? > > Vincent > > 2014-10-06 18:03 UTC+02:00, João Alberto <joa...@gmail.com <javascript:>>: > > > I am plotting some graphs, but the plot becomes cluttered because of > > the long labels. The labels are result of a conversion from a Real > > number to a string. The problem here is that Sage is not consistent > > with Python, as shown in the example below. > > > > Python: > >>>> multiplier = [1.0e0, 1.0e1, 1.0e2] > >>>> multiplier > > [1.0, 10.0, 100.0] > >>>> str(multiplier[-1]) > > '100.0' > > > > > > Sage: > > sage: multiplier = [1.0e0, 1.0e1, 1.0e2] > > sage: multiplier > > [1.00000000000000, 10.0000000000000, 100.000000000000] > > sage: str(multiplier[-1]) > > '100.000000000000' > > > > Is this a correct behavior of Sage? at least for me, the excess of > > trailing zeros is causing some trouble. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "sage-support" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to sage-support...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to sage-s...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
