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Pyhton number formating
# Original code from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5807952/removing-trailing-zeros-in-python
import decimal
import random
def format_number(num):
try:
dec = decimal.Decimal(num)
except:
return 'bad'
tup = dec.as_tuple()
delta = len(tup.digits) + tup.exponent
digits = ''.join(str(d) for d in tup.digits)
if delta <= 0:
zeros = abs(tup.exponent) - len(tup.digits)
val = '0.' + ('0'*zeros) + digits
else:
val = digits[:delta] + ('0'*tup.exponent) + '.' + digits[delta:]
val = val.rstrip('0')
if val[-1] == '.':
val = val[:-1]
if tup.sign:
return '-' + val
return val
# test data
NUMS = '''
0.0000 0
0 0
123.45000 123.45
0000 0
123.4506780 123.450678
0.1 0.1
0.001 0.001
0.005000 0.005
.1234 0.1234
1.23e1 12.3
-123.456 -123.456
4.98e10 49800000000
4.9815135 4.9815135
4e30 4000000000000000000000000000000
-0.0000000000004 -0.0000000000004
-.4e-12 -0.0000000000004
-0.11112 -0.11112
1.3.4.5 bad
-1.2.3 bad
'''
for num, exp in [s.split() for s in NUMS.split('\n') if s]:
res = format_number(num)
print res
assert exp == res
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nice code dude:)

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