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| author | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-06-28 21:00:42 (GMT) |
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| committer | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-06-28 21:00:42 (GMT) |
| commit | d1cc39d3d833289e924c8ded75f6cc94dc4cc5a5 (patch) | |
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r73636 | mark.dickinson | 2009-06-28 21:59:42 +0100 (Sun, 28 Jun 2009) | 2 lines
Issue #6354: More fixes for code examples involving the repr of a float.
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst index 4be3275..d17b031 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst @@ -359,10 +359,10 @@ results in decimal floating point and binary floating point. The difference becomes significant if the results are rounded to the nearest cent:: >>> from decimal import * - >>> Decimal('0.70') * Decimal('1.05') - Decimal("0.7350") - >>> .70 * 1.05 - 0.73499999999999999 + >>> round(Decimal('0.70') * Decimal('1.05'), 2) + Decimal('0.74') + >>> round(.70 * 1.05, 2) + 0.73 The :class:`Decimal` result keeps a trailing zero, automatically inferring four place significance from multiplicands with two place significance. Decimal |