On Sep 12, 10:59 pm, Duncan Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:>
[snip]
> I believe the claim is that using the full 17 digits ensures the round-
> tripping works even if you serialise and deserialise on different
> systems, so perhaps we all pay a cost in our interactive sessions for
> something wh
Bjoern Schliessmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> The idea that 13.3 is a 'rounded' value for the number,
>> and that 13.301 is not a 'rounded' value of
>> the number, is a common error of intuitive mathematics.
>
> I'm intrigued how /you/'d explain this, please do explain.
I think
[david] wrote:
> Leaving aside the question of why str should return repr,
str doesn't "return" repr. str returns a "nice string
representation" of an object. This "nice string representation" of
a list is the opening square bracket, the repr of its contents
seperated by comma, and the closing sq
Bjoern Schliessmann wrote:
> [david] wrote:
>> returns poorly formatted values:
>
> Please explain.
>
>> >>>str(13.3)
>> '13.3'
>> >>>str([13.3])
>> '[13.301]'
>
> This is quite a FAQ.
>
> str of a float returns the float, rounded to decimal precision.
>
> str of a list returns a
[david] wrote:
> returns poorly formatted values:
Please explain.
> >>>str(13.3)
> '13.3'
> >>>str([13.3])
> '[13.301]'
This is quite a FAQ.
str of a float returns the float, rounded to decimal precision.
str of a list returns a square brackets enclosed enumeration of the
content
On Sep 11, 4:07 am, "[david]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> returns poorly formatted values:
>
> >>>str(13.3)
> '13.3'
> >>>str([13.3])
> '[13.301]'
>
> [david]
There is some difference in the way repr() and str() convert floats to
strings:
>>> a = 13.3
>>> print str(a)
13.3
>>> prin
returns poorly formatted values:
>>>str(13.3)
'13.3'
>>>str([13.3])
'[13.301]'
[david]
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