Precise calculations

[Ben Finney]

On 8 Nov 2003 08:26:07 +1050, Ben Finney wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 13:17:44 GMT, Ladvánszky Károly wrote:
>> Could anybody help me on how to do precise calculations with Python
>> the way hand-held calculators do?
>
> Use rounding, e.g. as implemented by the str() function.

Apologies; str() doesn't do rounding per se, it shows the float values
with fewer significant digits without changing the internal value.

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