Yep, that was what I initially did by running it as an independent
script. Just added print str_to_float('1.5*1e6') and others below the
main script. And it worked fine.
Edward d'Auvergne wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> A function like this should be unit tested. You can have a series of
> unit tests where you give the function a string and see if it returns
> the correct number. This will be an extremely useful debugging tool
> and will save you future debugging pain!
>
> Regards,
>
> Edward
>
>
>
> On 19 May 2010 01:52, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Author: michaelbieri
>> Date: Wed May 19 01:52:06 2010
>> New Revision: 11192
>>
>> URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax?rev=11192&view=rev
>> Log:
>> Function to convert a float written in a string to a proper float object is
>> added.
>>
>> Modified:
>> branches/bieri_gui/gui_bieri/components/conversion.py
>>
>> Modified: branches/bieri_gui/gui_bieri/components/conversion.py
>> URL:
>> http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax/branches/bieri_gui/gui_bieri/components/conversion.py?rev=11192&r1=11191&r2=11192&view=diff
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- branches/bieri_gui/gui_bieri/components/conversion.py (original)
>> +++ branches/bieri_gui/gui_bieri/components/conversion.py Wed May 19
>> 01:52:06 2010
>> @@ -1,0 +1,54 @@
>> +###############################################################################
>> +#
>> #
>> +# Copyright (C) 2010 Michael Bieri
>> #
>> +#
>> #
>> +# This file is part of the program relax.
>> #
>> +#
>> #
>> +# relax is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
>> #
>> +# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>> #
>> +# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
>> #
>> +# (at your option) any later version.
>> #
>> +#
>> #
>> +# relax is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>> #
>> +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> #
>> +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
>> #
>> +# GNU General Public License for more details.
>> #
>> +#
>> #
>> +# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
>> #
>> +# along with relax; if not, write to the Free Software
>> #
>> +# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
>> #
>> +#
>> #
>> +###############################################################################
>> +
>> +# Package docstring.
>> +"""Package for the different conversion tools used to bring together the
>> GUI and API of relax."""
>> +
>> +from string import replace, strip, split
>> +
>> +
>> +def str_to_float(string):
>> + """Function to convert a float in a string object to a real float
>> object.
>> +
>> + such as: "3.5 * 1e6" to 3.5*1e6
>> +
>> +
>> + @keyword string Float in string that will be converted to float
>> object.
>> + @type string str
>> + """
>> +
>> + # Delete whitespace.
>> + string = replace(string, ' ','')
>> +
>> + # Strip string.
>> + values = split(string, '*')
>> +
>> + # Detect exponent.
>> + if '1e' in values[1]:
>> + exponent = float(replace(values[1], '1e', ''))
>> + if '10^' in values[1]:
>> + exponent = float(replace(values[1], '10^', ''))
>> +
>> + # Calculate float.
>> + float_obj = float(values[0]) * 10**exponent
>> +
>> + return float_obj
>>
>>
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