Exactly what I wanted. It would be nice if the standard float function takes care of these.
regards, Suresh > how about: > > SI_prefixes = { > 'Y':24, 'Z':21, 'E':18, 'P':15, 'T':12, 'G':9, 'M':6, 'k':3, > 'h':2, 'd':-1, 'c':-2, 'm':-3, u'\xb5':-6, 'u':-6, 'n':-9, 'p':-12, > 'f':-15, 'a':-18, 'z':-21, 'y':-24 > } > > def myfloat(str): > try: > exp = SI_prefixes[str[-1]] > return float(str[:-1]) * 10**exp > except KeyError: > return float(str) > > ? > > </F> > > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list