Convert Scientific Notation to Float

Question

Encountered a problem whereby my JSON data gets printed as a scientific notation instead of a float.

import urllib2
import json
import sys

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Answer 1

There are some approaches:

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#1 float(...) + optionally round() or .format()

x = float(1.357e-05)
round(x, 6)
"{:.8f}".format(x)

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#2 with decimal class

import decimal

tmp = decimal.Decimal('1.357e-05')
print('[0]', tmp)
# [0] 0.00001357

tmp = decimal.Decimal(1.357e-05)
print('[1]', tmp)
# [1] 0.0000135700000000000005188384444299032338676624931395053863525390625

decimal.getcontext().prec = 6
tmp = decimal.getcontext().create_decimal(1.357e-05)
print('[2]', tmp)
# [2] 0.0000135700

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#3 with .rstrip(...)

x = ("%.17f" % n).rstrip('0').rstrip('.')

Note: there are counterparts to %f:
%f shows standard notation
%e shows scientific notation
%g shows default (scientific if 5 or more zeroes)