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redplusbluemakespurple at gmail

Nov 23, 2009, 1:15 PM

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Converting a float to a formatted outside of print command

I'd like to convert a list of floats to formatted strings. The
following example raises a TypeError:

y = 0.5
x = '.1f' % y
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danb_83 at yahoo

Nov 23, 2009, 1:17 PM

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Re: Converting a float to a formatted outside of print command [In reply to]

On Nov 23, 3:15 pm, stephen_b <redplusbluemakespur...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> I'd like to convert a list of floats to formatted strings. The
> following example raises a TypeError:
>
> y = 0.5
> x = '.1f' % y

You meant:

x = '%.1f' % y
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iurisilvio at gmail

Nov 23, 2009, 1:24 PM

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Re: Converting a float to a formatted outside of print command [In reply to]

You forgot a % simbol in your string:

y = 0.5
x = '*%*.1f' % y

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iurisilvio

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:15 PM, stephen_b <redplusbluemakespurple [at] gmail
> wrote:

> I'd like to convert a list of floats to formatted strings. The
> following example raises a TypeError:
>
> y = 0.5
> x = '.1f' % y
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>

philip at semanchuk

Nov 23, 2009, 1:25 PM

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Re: Converting a float to a formatted outside of print command [In reply to]

On Nov 23, 2009, at 4:15 PM, stephen_b wrote:

> I'd like to convert a list of floats to formatted strings. The
> following example raises a TypeError:
>
> y = 0.5
> x = '.1f' % y

You're missing a percent sign:

x = '%.1f' % y

or:

print '%.1f' % 0.5

Hope this helps
Philip

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redplusbluemakespurple at gmail

Nov 23, 2009, 1:27 PM

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Re: Converting a float to a formatted outside of print command [In reply to]

On Nov 23, 3:17 pm, Dan Bishop <danb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> You meant:
>
> x = '%.1f' % y

Thanks, I'm a dufus today.
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vlastimil.brom at gmail

Nov 23, 2009, 1:28 PM

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Re: Converting a float to a formatted outside of print command [In reply to]

2009/11/23 stephen_b <redplusbluemakespurple [at] gmail>:
> I'd like to convert a list of floats to formatted strings. The
> following example raises a TypeError:
>
> y = 0.5
> x = '.1f' % y
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Maybe
'%.1f' % y
?

hth
vbr
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