[New-bugs-announce] [issue23627] Incorrect string formatting of float values in Python 2.7

[pushpendre rastogi]

New submission from pushpendre rastogi:

Hi, The string formatting module in python 2.7 incorrectly formats floating point values. The following code shows the problem

>>> print "%.10s"%(-7.7176718e-05)
-7.7176718
>> print "%.10s"%(-0.0000771767)
-7.71767e-

Ideally the code should have thrown an exception (first preference)
or it should have printed  -0.0000771767 (second preference) or -7.7176718e-05 (third preference)

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 237769
nosy: pushpendre rastogi
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Incorrect string formatting of float values in Python 2.7
versions: Python 2.7

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