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Re: String to float [message #82676 is a reply to message #80324]

Wed, 09 January 2013 11:13

Fabzi
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Registered: July 2010

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On 01/09/2013 08:10 PM, Gompie wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a string +2.64342987e+02 which I want to convert to float. Each digit is important so I dont want to loose any of them while type converting to float.
>
> print float(+2.64342987e+02) gives 264.343
> print, double(+2.64342987e+02) gives 264.34299
>
> I want 264.342987
>
> Can anyone help.
> Rgds
> Gompie
>

http://www.idlcoyote.com/math_tips/sky_is_falling.html

Let see if david is faster than me ;-)

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