Python doesn't know how to do math?

[Simon Brunning]

> From:	Chris Spencer [SMTP:clspence at one.net]
> 	I want to thank everyone who responded to this.  I read the floating
> point tutorial and now understand the issues.  I wasn't really looking for
> that
> much precision anyways (2 decimal places was all I really need).  So now
> that I
> know, I shant ask again.
 
Hmmm. It sounds to me like you don't want to use floats at all. Have a look
at <http://starship.python.net/crew/aahz/FixedPoint.py> - you might find it
more useful for holding stuff like currency values.

Cheers,
Simon Brunning
TriSystems Ltd.
sbrunning at trisystems.co.uk




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