Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-13 Thread Florian Diesch
"Thomas Bartkus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Grant Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On 2006-05-08, Thomas Bartkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> does python support true rations, which means that 1/3 is a >> >> true one-third and not 0.3 roun

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-10 Thread Tim Roberts
"chun ping wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hey i have a stupid question. > >How do i get python to print the result in only three decimal place... > >Example>>> round (2.9954254, 3) >2.9951 > >but i want to get rid of all trailing 0's..how would i do that? Your "problem" is

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-09 Thread Dan Bishop
Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2006-05-09, Dan Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Grant Edwards wrote: > > ... > >> Did they actually have 60 unique number symbols and use > >> place-weighting in a manner similar to the arabic/indian system > >> we use? > > > > The Bablyonians did use a place-value s

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-09 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2006-05-09, Dan Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Grant Edwards wrote: > ... >> Did they actually have 60 unique number symbols and use >> place-weighting in a manner similar to the arabic/indian system >> we use? > > The Bablyonians did use a place-value system, but they only had two > basic

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-09 Thread Dan Bishop
Grant Edwards wrote: ... > Did they actually have 60 unique number symbols and use > place-weighting in a manner similar to the arabic/indian system > we use? The Bablyonians did use a place-value system, but they only had two basic numerals: a Y-like symbol for 1 and a <-like symbol for ten. Thes

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-09 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2006-05-09, Thomas Bartkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Even base 60 makes more sense if you like it when a lot of >>> divisions come out nice and even. >> >> Did they actually have 60 unique number symbols and use >> place-weighting in a manner similar to the arabic/indian >> system we use?

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-09 Thread Thomas Bartkus
"Grant Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 2006-05-08, Thomas Bartkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Or you can write 0.1 > >> 3 > >> > >> :) > > > > Ahhh! > > > > But if I need to store the value 1/10 (decimal!), what kind of > > a pre

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-08 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2006-05-08, Thomas Bartkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Or you can write 0.1 >> 3 >> >> :) > > Ahhh! > > But if I need to store the value 1/10 (decimal!), what kind of > a precision pickle will I then find myself while working in > base 3? Then we're right back where we

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-08 Thread Thomas Bartkus
"Grant Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 2006-05-08, Thomas Bartkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> does python support true rations, which means that 1/3 is a > >> true one-third and not 0.3 rounded off at some > >> arbitrary precision? > > > > At

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-08 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2006-05-08, Thomas Bartkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> does python support true rations, which means that 1/3 is a >> true one-third and not 0.3 rounded off at some >> arbitrary precision? > > At risk of being boring ;-) > > - Python supports both rational and irrational numbers as >

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-08 Thread Thomas Bartkus
"Gary Wessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Erik Max Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > chun ping wang wrote: > > > > > Hey i have a stupid question. > > > How do i get python to print the result in only three decimal > > > place... > > > Example>>> round (2.9

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-07 Thread Raymond L. Buvel
Gary Wessle wrote: > Erik Max Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>chun ping wang wrote: >> >> >>>Hey i have a stupid question. >>>How do i get python to print the result in only three decimal >>>place... >>>Example>>> round (2.9954254, 3) >>>2.9951 >>>but i want to get r

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-07 Thread Gary Wessle
Erik Max Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > chun ping wang wrote: > > > Hey i have a stupid question. > > How do i get python to print the result in only three decimal > > place... > > Example>>> round (2.9954254, 3) > > 2.9951 > > but i want to get rid of all trailing 0's.

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-07 Thread gene tani
Erik Max Francis wrote: > chun ping wang wrote: > > > Hey i have a stupid question. > > > > How do i get python to print the result in only three decimal place... > > > > Example>>> round (2.9954254, 3) > > 2.9951 > > > > but i want to get rid of all trailing 0's..how would i d

Re: python rounding problem.

2006-05-07 Thread Erik Max Francis
chun ping wang wrote: > Hey i have a stupid question. > > How do i get python to print the result in only three decimal place... > > Example>>> round (2.9954254, 3) > 2.9951 > > but i want to get rid of all trailing 0's..how would i do that? Floating point arithmetic is inh

python rounding problem.

2006-05-07 Thread chun ping wang
Hey i have a stupid question. How do i get python to print the result in only three decimal place... Example>>> round (2.9954254, 3) 2.9951 but i want to get rid of all trailing 0's..how would i do that? _ Expre