At 12:45 PM 1/16/2007, Kent Johnson wrote: >Dick Moores wrote: >>Thanks, Kent. So I go with working up "an algorithm for first >>converting n to an int (for >>example, multiplying the above n by 1000), converting to a string, >>putting the decimal point back in between indices 2 and 3, then using >>that string as n (thereby avoiding the use of quotes around n as the >>first argument)." > >I really don't know what you mean by this. You are lost as soon as >you write 232.3452345230987987098709879087098709870987098745234 >without quotes, there is no float literal with that value. > >You could pass the integer >2323452345230987987098709879087098709870987098745234 >as the argument if you always have the implied decimal point in the >same place.
You're right, of course. As usual. Just one of those "You can't get there from here" things. But I don't really need to, as Lloyd pointed out. Thanks, Dick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
