Python scientific notation using D instead of E

Question

Some results file produced by Fortran programs report double precision numbers (in scientific notation) using the letter D instead of E, for instan

Answer 1

Another option is the fortranformat library for Python. It will read strings and interpret them according to a FORTRAN format statement. i.e.

>>> import fortranformat as ff
>>> line = ff.FortranRecordReader('(F10.0)')
>>> line.read('1.5698D+03')
[1569.8]

Install with easy_install -U fortranformat

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