Remove integer from float number

[Grant Edwards]

On 2006-03-23, Michael Yanowitz <m.yanowitz at kearfott.com> wrote:

>> With that terse description and the subject line I would interpret the
>> OP like so:
>>
>>>>> print re.sub(".*\.",".","0.666")
>> .666
>>>>> print re.sub(".*\.",".","123.666")
>> .666
>
> Or if you're allergic to regular expressions:
>
>>>> print "." + "0.666".split(".")[-1]
> .666
>>>> print "." + "123.666".split(".")[-1]
> .666
>>>> 

>   how about this solution:
> def printDecimal(number):
>     if (number < 0):
> 	  print number - int(number)
>     else:
> 	  print int(number) - number

Well, for one thing it doesn't work:

>>> def printDecimal(number):
...  if (number < 0):
...   print number - int(number)
...  else:
...   print int(number) - number
...

>>> printDecimal(0.666)
-0.666
>>> printDecimal(-0.666)
-0.666
>>> 

Secondly, it was top-posted. ;)

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