[Tutor] ValueError: could not convert string to float: '13,2'

[emile]

On 12/31/2013 12:56 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> import locale
>
> # Set to users preferred locale:
> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
> # Or a specific locale:
> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_NUMERIC, "en_DK.UTF-8")
> print(locale.atof("3,14"))


This is a good solution, but be aware that it could impact other parts 
of your porgram as well, particularly if this is a read in data set from 
a non-local region.  Also, in places where commas are used as decimal 
points, it's also common to use periods as commas:

 >>> print(locale.atof("123.456,14"))
123456.14

Emile