locale.format without trailing zeros

[przemolicc at poczta.fm]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 11:48:46AM +0200, Peter Otten wrote:
> przemolicc at poczta.fm wrote:
> 
> >>>> import locale
> >>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "pl_PL")
> > 'pl_PL'
> >>>> i=0.20
> >>>> j=0.25
> >>>> locale.format('%f', i)
> > '0,200000'
> >>>> locale.format('%f', j)
> > '0,250000'
> > 
> > I need to print the numbers in the following format:
> > '0,2'	(i)
> > '0,25'	(j)
> > So the last trailing zeros are not printed.
> 
> >>> print locale.format("%g", 1.23)
> 1,23
> >>> print locale.format("%g", 1.2345678)
> 1,23457
> >>> print locale.format("%.10g", 1.2345678)
> 1,2345678
> >>> print locale.format("%.15g", 0.1)
> 0,1
> >>> print locale.format("%.17g", 0.1)
> 0,10000000000000001

How about this format:
',1'
(the local zero is also not printed)

(I know this is strange but I need compatibility with local requirements)

Regards
Przemyslaw Bak (przemol)



















































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