Converting a string to integer/float

[Ikot]

Hello,
I am stuck with a problem, might be very trivial, to ask here, but
dont find a way out. I read a string like 12345.678 from a text file,
which will be string for me, but how do I convert it into a float for
my use ?
Thanks
Ikot

[Paul Rubin]

Re: Converting a string to integer/float

aprogrammer@fas tmail.fm (Ikot) writes:[color=blue]
> I am stuck with a problem, might be very trivial, to ask here, but
> dont find a way out. I read a string like 12345.678 from a text file,
> which will be string for me, but how do I convert it into a float for
> my use ?[/color]

s = '12345.678'
x = float(s)

[James Henderson]

Re: Converting a string to integer/float

On Thursday 22 January 2004 3:43 am, Ikot wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello,
> I am stuck with a problem, might be very trivial, to ask here, but
> dont find a way out. I read a string like 12345.678 from a text file,
> which will be string for me, but how do I convert it into a float for
> my use ?
> Thanks
> Ikot[/color]

float is a builtin type that can be constructed from a string:
[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> float('12345.67 8')[/color][/color][/color]
12345.678

You'd probably find it helpful to work your way through:

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/built-in-funcs.html

James
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