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[Python] 2 ways => 2 impl
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Version 6

2016-09-17, 21:38:36

Version 7

2016-09-17, 21:39:03

Idiom #146 Convert string to floating point number

Extract floating point value f from its string representation s

Idiom #146 Convert string to floating point number

Extract floating point value f from its string representation s

Extra Keywords
real conversion
Extra Keywords
real conversion
Imports 
import locale
Imports 
import locale
Code 
s = u'545.2222'
f = float(s)

s = u'545,2222'
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'de')
f = locale.atof(s)
Code 
s = u'545,2222'
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'de')
f = locale.atof(s)
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when working with different locale decimal and thousand seperators you have to use locale.atof
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When working with different locale decimal and thousand separators you have to use locale.atof
Doc URL
https://docs.python.org/3/library/locale.html?highlight=local#module-locale
Doc URL
https://docs.python.org/3/library/locale.html?highlight=local#module-locale