Converting a floating point number to a string

[Carel Fellinger]

kurtn at my-deja.com wrote:
> As the subject says I would like to convert a
> floating point number to a string, in other words

other pointed you in the direction of the simple "str" call, but if
more control over the layout is needed you might use the "%" trickery like:

>>> '%5.2f' % 123.4567
123.45
>>> '%5.2e' % 123.4567
1.23e+02

have fun

-- 
groetjes, carel