[Tutor] Having trouble getting mind around decimal module
Dick Moores
rdm at rcblue.com
Mon Aug 14 08:30:37 CEST 2006
I'm having trouble getting my mind around the decimal module. From
the tutorial (<http://docs.python.org/lib/decimal-tutorial.html>) I
can see how to get 1/7 to, say, 32 places:
>>> from decimal import Decimal
>>> getcontext().prec = 32
>>> Decimal(1) / Decimal(7)
Decimal("0.14285714285714285714285714285714")
But I can't figure out how to compute to 32 places things like the
square root of 2, or the arc tangent of .41. Could someone please show me?
Thanks,
Dick Moores
rdm at rcblue.com
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