[Baypiggies] scientific notation: string to int

[Keith Dart]

=== On Wed, 12/08, Eric Edens wrote: ===
> >>> foo ('2.96116E-11')  
> 2.96116e-11

===

What's wrong with just:

Python> float('2.96116E+11')
296116000000.0

Python> float('2.96116E-11')
2.96116e-11

?



-- Keith Dart

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