Fix some documentation examples involving the repr of a float.

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Mark Dickinson 2009-11-24 14:27:02 +00:00
parent 9a03f2fd03
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8 changed files with 22 additions and 19 deletions

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@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Another consequence is that since 0.1 is not exactly 1/10, summing ten values of
... sum += 0.1
...
>>> sum
0.99999999999999989
0.9999999999999999
Binary floating-point arithmetic holds many surprises like this. The problem
with "0.1" is explained in precise detail below, in the "Representation Error"

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@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ Some examples::
'Hello, world.'
>>> repr(s)
"'Hello, world.'"
>>> str(0.1)
'0.1'
>>> repr(0.1)
'0.10000000000000001'
>>> str(1.0/7.0)
'0.142857142857'
>>> repr(1.0/7.0)
'0.14285714285714285'
>>> x = 10 * 3.25
>>> y = 200 * 200
>>> s = 'The value of x is ' + repr(x) + ', and y is ' + repr(y) + '...'

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@ -362,10 +362,13 @@ 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')
>>> x = Decimal('0.70') * Decimal('1.05')
>>> x
Decimal('0.7350')
>>> .70 * 1.05
0.73499999999999999
>>> x.quantize(Decimal('0.01')) # round to nearest cent
Decimal('0.74')
>>> round(.70 * 1.05, 2) # same calculation with floats
0.73
The :class:`Decimal` result keeps a trailing zero, automatically inferring four
place significance from multiplicands with two place significance. Decimal