On Jul 19, 5:11?pm, Zentrader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jul 17, 2:13 pm, "Dee Asbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > In multiplying a value of xe^-325 with ye^-4, Python is returning zero. How
> > do I get it to give me back my tiny value?
>
> > Thanks!
> > Dee
>
> Also, Python's decimal cl
On Jul 17, 2:13 pm, "Dee Asbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In multiplying a value of xe^-325 with ye^-4, Python is returning zero. How
> do I get it to give me back my tiny value?
>
> Thanks!
> Dee
Also, Python's decimal class allows theoretically unlimited
precision. I have extremely limited
On Jul 17, 4:13?pm, "Dee Asbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In multiplying a value of xe^-325 with ye^-4, Python is returning zero. How
> do I get it to give me back my tiny value?
Use the right tool for the right job.
>>> import gmpy
>>> help(gmpy.mpf)
Help on built-in function mpf in module g
On 18/07/2007 7:13 AM, Dee Asbury wrote:
> In multiplying a value of xe^-325 with ye^-4, Python is returning zero.
> How do I get it to give me back my tiny value?
>
It is difficult to understand what you mean by xe^-325 etc ... in
Python, ^ is the bitwise exclusive-or operator. The power opera
Dee Asbury wrote:
> In multiplying a value of xe^-325 with ye^-4, Python is returning zero. How
> do I get it to give me back my tiny value?
>
> Thanks!
> Dee
>
>
>
Of course, Python is doing no such thing. The floating point
arithmetic hardware on your machine is doing the multiplication a
In multiplying a value of xe^-325 with ye^-4, Python is returning zero. How
do I get it to give me back my tiny value?
Thanks!
Dee
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