Converting 5.223701009526849e-05 to 5e-05

[Ben Finney]

Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> writes:

> Assuming we're talking about a ‘float’ value::
>
>     >>> foo = 5.223701009526849e-05
>     >>> "{foo:5.1}".format(foo=foo)
>     '5e-05'

That's not as clear as it could be. Better is to be explicit about
choosing “exponential” format::

    >>> foo = 5.223701009526849e-05
    >>> "{foo:5.0e}".format(foo=foo)
    '5e-05'

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