On Sunday, July 12, 2015 at 6:18:26 PM UTC+2, Paul Royik wrote:
>
> Is it possible to set for float precision of 50, but to cut trailing zeros
> for finite decimals?
> a=Float('0.5',prec=50)
> print a/7
> Output: 0.071428571428571428571428571428571428571428571428571
>
>
> a=Float('0.5',prec=50)
> print a
> Output: 0.50000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (but I want a)
>
> For latex correct output is 0.5
> But how to print 0.5 instead of 0.5 with many trailing zeros?
>
In floating point representation, there is no difference between finite and
non-finite decimals, so they are printed the same.
If you want to remove trailing zeros, convert it to a string and strip the
zeros:
a_without_zeros = str(a).rstrip('0')
Vinzent
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