On 11/12/06, Charles R Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 94137100072000193L > > which ends up as > > 94137100072000192 > > after going to a float and then back to an integer. > > Out of curiosity, where does that large integer come from?
It is a unique object identifier. It is a combination of various numbers related to an astronomical object detected by the sloan digital sky survey. (www.sdss.org). cheers, Erin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/numpy-discussion
