On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:08:28 -0700 (PDT), Mensanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 2. I've read the help on the next one but I just find it difficult >> understanding it. >> I have; >> a=2.000001 >> b=123456.789 >> c=1234.0001 >> Hello Mensanator, thank you for answering in such a short time. < snip > >If you actually meant 7, then use %0.6e: Sorry about that; I have the habit of counting the point as a decimal place too. > >>>> print '%0.6e' % 2.000001 >2.000001e+00 >>>> print '%0.6e' % 123456.789 >1.234568e+05 >>>> print '%0.6e' % 1234.0001 >1.234000e+03 > I understood the above from help, but it's not what's been bugging me. Mea culpa, I've defined the question in a confusing way, I see that now. What I've meant to ask was, when I have 3 numbers, how would you print them with the same format which would apply to them 3 numbers. for example, I have print a,b,c now if I print them with print '%12.3f' %a,b,c the format will apply only to a, and not to b and c. I could of course write print '%12.3f %12.3f ... 3 times but that is just unpractical. Is there a way to just do something like this (not normal syntax, just my wishful thinking): print 3*'%12.3f' %a,b,c (meaning - use this format for the next 3 real numbers that come along) -- Ivan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
