Convert '165.0' to int

[Prasad, Ramit]

-----Original Message-----
From: python-list-bounces+ramit.prasad=jpmchase.com at python.org [mailto:python-list-bounces+ramit.prasad=jpmchase.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Frank Millman
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 12:51 AM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: Re: Convert '165.0' to int

On Jul 25, 2:04 am, Gregory Ewing <greg.ew... at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> Frank Millman wrote:
> > I know I am flogging a dead horse here, but IMHO, '165', '165.',
> > '165.0', and '165.00' are all valid string representations of the
> > integer 165.[1]
>
> > Therefore, for practical purposes, it would not be wrong for python's
> > 'int' function to accept these without complaining.
>
> How far would you go with that? Would you also accept
> '1.65e2' as a valid representation of the integer 165?
>

To be honest, I don't even know what that means! I could read up on
it, but I think this has gone far enough. Having flogged this horse to
death, I will now let it rest in peace :-)

Frank
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'1.65e2' is a fairly standard representation of scientific notation. It basically translates to: 1.65 x 10^2

For more details, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_notation 

Ramit


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