Print number in engineering format
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I am trying to print a number into engineering format with python, but I cannot seem to get it to work. The syntax SEEMS simple enough, but it just doesn't work.
>>> import decimal
>>> x = decimal.Decimal(1000000)
>>> print x
1000000
>>>> print x.to_eng_string()
1000000
I cannot figure out why this is. The two values are not equal (one is a string, the other is an int). Setting various contexts in decimal doesn't seem to help either. Any clues or ideas?
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