Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> writes:
> Assuming we're talking about a ‘float’ value::
>
> >>> foo = 5.223701009526849e-05
> >>> "{foo:5.1}".format(foo=foo)
> '5e-05'
That's not as clear as it could be. Better is to be explicit about
choosing “exponential” format::
>>> foo = 5.223701009526849e-05
>>> "{foo:5.0e}".format(foo=foo)
'5e-05'
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