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r73636 | mark.dickinson | 2009-06-28 21:59:42 +0100 (Sun, 28 Jun 2009) | 2 lines
Issue #6354: More fixes for code examples involving the repr of a float.
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst
index 4be3275..d17b031 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst
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@@ -359,10 +359,10 @@
becomes significant if the results are rounded to the nearest cent::
>>> from decimal import *
- >>> Decimal('0.70') * Decimal('1.05')
- Decimal("0.7350")
- >>> .70 * 1.05
- 0.73499999999999999
+ >>> round(Decimal('0.70') * Decimal('1.05'), 2)
+ Decimal('0.74')
+ >>> round(.70 * 1.05, 2)
+ 0.73
The :class:`Decimal` result keeps a trailing zero, automatically inferring four
place significance from multiplicands with two place significance. Decimal