Question

i need to write a couple of numpy floats to a csv-file which has additional string content. therefore i dont use savetxt etc. with numpy.set_printoptions() i can only define the print behaviour, but not the str() behaviour. i know that i miss something and it cant be that hard, but i dont find a reasonable answer on the interwebs. maybe someone can point me in the right direction. heres some example code:

In [1]: import numpy as np
In [2]: foo = np.array([1.22334])

In [3]: foo
Out[3]: array([ 1.22334])

In [4]: foo[0]
Out[4]: 1.2233400000000001

In [5]: str(foo[0])
Out[5]: '1.22334'

In [6]: np.set_printoptions(precision=3)

In [7]: foo
Out[7]: array([ 1.223])

In [8]: foo[0]
Out[8]: 1.2233400000000001

In [9]: str(foo[0])
Out[9]: '1.22334'

How do i convert np.float to a nicely formatted string, which i can feed to file.write()?

kind regards,

fookatchu

Answer 1

You can just use standard string formatting:

>>> x = 1.2345678
>>> '%.2f' % x
'1.23'