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int, floats, eval - menator01 - Jun-26-2020
Given the scenario
eval(10/2) would return 5.0 and eval(7/3) would return 2.33.My question is how can I remove everything from the right of the decimal if it's a 0.
In the first example of eval I want the return to be 5 instead of 5.0 and if it's greater than 0 go ahead and return it like in the 2nd example.
Any help much appreciated.
RE: int, floats, eval - bowlofred - Jun-26-2020
I don't know a way to do this directly with format specifiers. They provide max length, not min. So if the '5.0' is printing out already, I don't think it can be trimmed without trimming all.
If you don't want to deal with special cases, you could pass the string into Decimal and then normalize it.
>>> import decimal
>>> print(decimal.Decimal('3.24').normalize())
3.24
>>> print(decimal.Decimal('5.00').normalize())
5A cheesier way is just to remove any zeros on the right, then remove any decimals on the right.>>> '3.24'.rstrip('0').rstrip('.')
'3.24'
>>> '5.00'.rstrip('0').rstrip('.')
'5'But if you do it that way, you can't pass it strings without the decimal or you'll have problems.>>> '500'.rstrip('0').rstrip('.')
'5'
RE: int, floats, eval - menator01 - Jun-26-2020
The decimal is giving me what I needed. Thanks. :)