[New-bugs-announce] [issue1232] %f prints the wrong 6 decimal places

[Kevin McKiou]

New submission from Kevin McKiou:

>>> print "price is: %f" % 5.1234567
price is: 5.123457
 
I was testing the statement about "prints to 6 decimal places".  Sure 
enough, it printed only 6 decimal places, but it skipped over the 6th 
decimal place and printed the 7th.
 
I am using Python version 2.5.1 and IDLE version 1.2.1

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 56218
nosy: kmckiou
severity: major
status: open
title: %f prints the wrong 6 decimal places
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.5

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