> >>> def convert(x):
>
> if '.' in x:
> try: return float(x)
> except ValueError: return x
> else:
> try: return int(x)
> except: return x
>
> >>> convert('123')
> 123
> >>> convert('123.99')
> 123.98999999999999
> >>> convert('hello')
>
Hi,
That's fine for people who write floats with a "." ; but others learn
to enter them with ","
For the same float, the French write the literal 123.456.789,99 when
others write 123,456,789.99 ; for us, today is 8/3/2008 (or
08/03/2008) where for others it's 3/8/2008 or perhaps 2008/3/8
Popular spreadsheets know how to "guess" literals ; if the guess is
not correct users can usually specify the pattern to use. My question
was just to know if something similar had already been developed in
Python ; I understand that the answer is no
Thanks,
Pierre
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