[Zope] problem with python script

[Eric Walstad]

Rick, did you try casting "number" to a string before the slice operation?
Just a stab in the dark.
Eric.

D. Rick Anderson wrote:
> You can format it using fmt=dollars-and-cents or fmt="%.2f", but in this 
> case where there is a e- in the string it simply zeros it out. I am 
> clipping the string back to 10 characters (none of the values in there 
> should be longer than that anyway) and in doing so clipping off the e- 
> before then turning it into a float. It's the number[0:10] that is barfing.
> 
> Rick
> 
> 
> 
>>Doesn't dtml have a function to do that?  Check the zope book.
>>
>>
>>>From: "D. Rick Anderson" <ruger@comnett.net>
>>>Reply-To: ruger@comnett.net
>>>Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 13:43:10 -0800 (PST)
>>>To: zope@zope.org
>>>Subject: [Zope] problem with python script
>>>
>>>I am having a horrible time with a python script. The idea is to get a
>>>dollars-and-cents formatted string from the 3.87987234233e-1234 type
>>>string that the Sybase server is returning. The python script looks
>>>like this: ---
>>>final = (float(int(float(number[0:10]) * 100)) / 100)
>>>
>>>return final