Determine precision and scale of particular number in Python

Question

I have a variable in Python containing a floating point number (e.g. num = 24654.123), and I\'d like to determine the number\'s precision and scale values (in t

Answer 1

If you need to check precision, you can try:

def prec_check(a,b)
  a = str(a)
  b = str(b)
  do = bool(True)
  n = 0
  while do == True:
    if a and b and a[n] == a[b]:
      n += 1
    else:
      do = false
  return n