Money data type

[Batista, Facundo]

Can't find it.

I mean something like:

m1 = Money(decimal=2)
m2 = Money(decimal=2)
m1.value = 3.20
m2.value = 2.15
print m1 + m2

5.35

5.35! Not 5.3500000000000001 neither 5.34999999999999999999.

I think this is not a rare thing, but I can't find it in the standar library
neither the package index.

Thanks!

.. Facundo

[Lukasz Pankowski]

look at http://fixedpoint.sourceforge.net/ it gives you numeric object
for monetary applications (I have never used it)

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[Asun Friere]

"Batista, Facundo" <FB******@uniFON.com.ar> wrote in message news:<ma**********************************@python. org>...

Can't find it.

I mean something like:

m1 = Money(decimal=2)
m2 = Money(decimal=2)
m1.value = 3.20
m2.value = 2.15
print m1 + m2 5.35

5.35! Not 5.3500000000000001 neither 5.34999999999999999999.

I think this is not a rare thing, but I can't find it in the standar library
neither the package index.

Thanks!

. Facundo

If it's merely a matter of representing itself you could do something
blindingly simple like:

class Dollars (float) :

def __repr__ (self) :
return "$%.2f" % self

def __add__ (self, other) :
return Dollars(float.__add__(self, other))

#and so on for the other mathematical operators ...

a = Dollars(125.45)
a $125.45 a + 25.6667 $151.12

Note this is _not_ to your spec (ie output includes a currency symbol
and input is simply a float).

[Asun Friere]

af*****@yahoo.co.uk (Asun Friere) wrote in message news:<38**************************@posting.google. com>...

def __repr__ (self) :
return "$%.2f" % self

Umm ...you might want to do the same to __str__ if you want to print ... :/