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| author | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-06-28 20:59:42 (GMT) |
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| committer | Mark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com> | 2009-06-28 20:59:42 (GMT) |
| commit | 5a55b61a2aa15b94d26bbc058ee2b5433178a42e (patch) | |
| tree | f3271995fbef03c8aa251164de7cf9fb63e6504a /Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst | |
| parent | 6e6565b64b201952b0497c4915e17ace5cae04a7 (diff) | |
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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 |