pytest: assert almost equal

Question

How to do assert almost equal with py.test for floats without resorting to something like:

assert x - 0.00001 <= y <= x + 0.00001
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Answer 1

If you want something that works not only with floats but for example Decimals you can use python's math.isclose:

    # - rel_tol=0.01` is 1% difference tolerance.
    assert math.isclose(actual_value, expected_value, rel_tol=0.01)

Docs - https://docs.python.org/3/library/math.html#math.isclose