Python float representation error?

[James Stroud]

mailpitches at email.com wrote:
> try running this in python:
> 
> print [39.95]
> 
> the output i get is:
> [39.950000000000003]
> 
> what's up with that?
> 

This comes from the imprecision in representing base-10 fractions as 
binary. Try "print [str(39.95)]".

If you want to print a list, maybe:

print map(str, alist)

James

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