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Chidananda Nayak
Chidananda Nayak

Reputation: 1201

python converting 0.00000077 to scientific notation

i am using python requests to convert usd value to btc.

    res = requests.get("https://blockchain.info/tobtc?currency=USD&value="+str(float(rawUSD)))

res.json() = 7.7e-07

res.text = 0.00000077

Getting '0.00000077' in res.text which a <class:str> type so converting it again to float gives me this.

float('0.00000077') = 7.7e-07

but i want it as 0.00000077 so i can use it in later calculation. i know both 0.00000077 and 7.7e-07 are same and python treats them as float but i am trying to save the end value in db and i cant save it as 7.7e-07.

how can i do so?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 207

Answers (1)

Abercrombie
Abercrombie

Reputation: 1086

You can make use of python's decimal module.

from decimal import Decimal
print("{:.2e}".format(Decimal(res.text)))

Upvotes: 1

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