[Tutor] Need a little help in formatting print statement

[Anubhav Yadav]

I am trying to solve the CS1 Python
<http://cse.msu.edu/~cse231/PracticeOfComputingUsingPython/> Exercises.

The first exercise calculates the energy released from an earthquake based
on it's ritcher scale.

I wrote the code. Here <http://pastebin.com/nXjxCZWJ> is the code.

I am supposed to get this <http://i.imgur.com/gi5syL7.png> output:

If I use the %f formatter, I get this output:

Ritcher Scale    Energy            TNT

1.0        1995262.314969        0.0005

5.0        1995262314968.882812        476.8791

9.1        2818382931264449024.000000        673609687.2047

9.2        3981071705534952960.000000        951498973.5982

9.5        11220184543019653120.000000        2681688466.3049

and If I use the %e or %g format specifier I get this:

Ritcher Scale    Energy            TNT

1.0        1.99526e+06        0.0005

5.0        1.99526e+12        476.8791

9.1        2.81838e+18        673609687.2047

9.2        3.98107e+18        951498973.5982

9.5        1.12202e+19        2681688466.3049

In the sample output given by the exercise, the first two values do not use
the scientific notation. So either they are not using a loop to print the
table, or there is a format specifier that prints the floating value in
scientific notation only if some condition is checked.

I know there is a String function called format with which I can achieve
great string formatting but I want to stick with the old C ways of
formatting for now.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

-- 
Regards,
Anubhav Yadav
KPIT Technologies,
Pune.
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