Converting floating point to string in non-scientific format

[Madhusudhanan Chandrasekaran]

Hi all:

When I try to convert a float variable into string via repr() or str()
function, i get the value as is, i.e '0.1e-7' in IEEE 754 format.
Instead how can force the created string to represent the floating
point in non-scientific fashion (non IEEE 754 format)? i.e
something like 0.000000001

Thanks in advance for your help.

-Madhu

[Dan Bishop]

Re: Converting floating point to string in non-scientific format

Madhusudhanan Chandrasekaran wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi all:
>
> When I try to convert a float variable into string via repr() or str()
> function, i get the value as is, i.e '0.1e-7' in IEEE 754 format.
> Instead how can force the created string to represent the floating
> point in non-scientific fashion (non IEEE 754 format)? i.e
> something like 0.000000001[/color]

Use the % operator with the f format (e.g., '%.7f' % x).

[ernesto.adorio@gmail.com]

Re: Converting floating point to string in non-scientific format

See also non-exponential floating point representation in
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Coo.../Recipe/358361 by R.
Hettinger.