I am trying to solve the CS1 Python <http://cse.msu.edu/~cse231/PracticeOfComputingUsingPython/> Exercises.
The first exercise calculates the energy released from an earthquake based on it's ritcher scale. I wrote the code. Here <http://pastebin.com/nXjxCZWJ> is the code. I am supposed to get this <http://i.imgur.com/gi5syL7.png> output: If I use the %f formatter, I get this output: Ritcher Scale Energy TNT 1.0 1995262.314969 0.0005 5.0 1995262314968.882812 476.8791 9.1 2818382931264449024.000000 673609687.2047 9.2 3981071705534952960.000000 951498973.5982 9.5 11220184543019653120.000000 2681688466.3049 and If I use the %e or %g format specifier I get this: Ritcher Scale Energy TNT 1.0 1.99526e+06 0.0005 5.0 1.99526e+12 476.8791 9.1 2.81838e+18 673609687.2047 9.2 3.98107e+18 951498973.5982 9.5 1.12202e+19 2681688466.3049 In the sample output given by the exercise, the first two values do not use the scientific notation. So either they are not using a loop to print the table, or there is a format specifier that prints the floating value in scientific notation only if some condition is checked. I know there is a String function called format with which I can achieve great string formatting but I want to stick with the old C ways of formatting for now. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav KPIT Technologies, Pune.
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