Taking large floating input

[7raTEYdCql]

When taking large floating input(eg:2.99999999999999999999). Python converts it to 3.0

How do i avoid such conversion, so that i get 2.99999999... as the value stored.

[WW]

Floating point numbers in python (http://docs.python.org/tutorial/floatingpoint.html) are finite precision. If you really need arbitrary precision, libraries such as mpmath (http://code.google.com/p/mpmath/) are available.

[CptPicard]

Look at the decimal module (class Decimal) for fixed point.

[rharriso]

There are string based libraries in C++ and java for handling arbitrarily large numbers, you should see if they exist for python.

[kavon89]

There are string based libraries in C++ and java for handling arbitrarily large numbers, you should see if they exist for python.

BigDecimal?

[tneva82]

BigDecimal?

Sounds what I used when I needed really BIG numbers for cryptograph program.