[Tutor] How to convert a long decimal into a string?

[Python]

On Tue, 2007-01-16 at 12:28 -0800, Dick Moores wrote:
> So I go with working up "an algorithm for first 
> converting n to an int (for
> example, multiplying the above n by 1000), converting to a string,
> putting the decimal point back in between indices 2 and 3, then using
> that string as n (thereby avoiding the use of quotes around n as the
> first argument)." 

This seems like a lot of effort for not much reward.  Where is n coming
from?  If you already have something that holds the required level of
precision, why does it need to be transformed?  Could it already be a
string?  If n is entered through raw_input, then you received it as a
string.

I don't want to push you in the wrong direction, but it seems like there
must be a better way.

-- 
Lloyd Kvam
Venix Corp