Paul McNett <p...@ulmcnett.com> writes: > The app bundles python 2.5.2 using py2exe. > > It displays '3E+1' instead of '30.0'. > > As I can't reproduce I'm looking for an idea brainstorm of what > could be causing this. What would be choosing to display such a > normal number in scientific notation?
As I understand it, the Python string formatting operations <URL:http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting> use the operating system's C library to perform (some of?) the formatting. The different behaviours you see might therefore be caused by different C libraries in the operating system. To avoid these and related problems, I would avoid floating point wherever possible and use the ‘Decimal’ type for representing decimal numbers. -- \ “For fast acting relief, try slowing down.” —Jane Wagner, via | `\ Lily Tomlin | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
