On 24/03/2006 6:44 AM, Larry Bates wrote: > Derek Basch wrote: > >>How can I return: >> >>".666" >> >>from float: >> >>"0.666" >> >>This is what I have so far: >> >> >>>>>"%.6f" % x >> >>Thanks Everyone, >>Derek Basch >> > > > This works but I'm not entirely sure I know what you are > trying to accomplish. > > ("%.3f" % x)[1:] >
>>> x = 12345.666; ("%.3f" % x)[1:] '2345.666' >>> I'm sure of neither what the OP is trying to accomplish nor what Larry's definition of "works" is :-) Perhaps the condition abs(x) < 1.0 is implied ... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list