Re: float questions

On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 03:13:16 -0300, Gabriel Genellina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At Saturday 16/9/2006 02:56, spiffy wrote: > >>after some calculations i have this number as a result... >>-7.1054273576010019e-015 > >This means -7.1054... * 10**(-15) and it's a compact way of writing >-0.

Re: float questions

spiffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > after some calculations i have this number as a result... > -7.1054273576010019e-015 > > what does the 'e' mean? is this an error? It indicates that this is a number represented with scientific notation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation>

Re: float questions

At Saturday 16/9/2006 02:56, spiffy wrote: after some calculations i have this number as a result... -7.1054273576010019e-015 This means -7.1054... * 10**(-15) and it's a compact way of writing -0.0071054... what does the 'e' mean? is this an error? It is not an error, just a

float questions

after some calculations i have this number as a result... -7.1054273576010019e-015 what does the 'e' mean? is this an error? i want to be able to round this number to 3 places, but round() does not work please excuse my ignorance any help would be appreciated -- http://mail.python.org/mailma