Out put format should be according to scientific notation

Question

In my program I am calculating large number of values and I want to write the calculated values according to scientific notation as an example it should be as follow.

0.16200000000    should be   1.6200000000e-01
6.09756097560    should be   6.0975609756e+00

Which function results this out put.

possible duplicate of [Python - How to convert decimal to scientific notation](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6913532/python-how-to-convert-decimal-to-scientific-notation) — nerdwaller, Jul 03 '14 at 21:13

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 03 '14 at 21:15

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'%e' % (number)

The %e format specifier is the specifier for scientific notations. Find out more here: https://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html

answered Jul 03 '14 at 21:15

Strikeskids

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '14 at 13:34

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'%.10e' % (your value)

This is the easiest way to convert in to scientific notation.

answered Jul 07 '14 at 13:34

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Out put format should be according to scientific notation

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