Paul Rubin wrote: > aleaxit at yahoo.com (Alex Martelli) writes: > >>yep, str(35.72) == '35.72'. > > > Hmm. > > >>> 35.72 > 35.719999999999999 > > I wonder why str(35.72) is different from repr(35.72). Because "str( [object]) Return a string containing a nicely printable representation of an object" contains the key phrase "nicely printable"? -Peter