I tried to find this question answered, but I haven't found anything related.
I have a variable that can be in a format like 50000.45 or in a format like 0.01.
I need to write this variable in a label that is 4 digits wide.
What is the best way to fit the label showing only the most significant digits?
To better explain, I would like to have for example:
for 50000.45: 50000
for 4786.847: 4786
for 354.5342: 354.5
for 11.43566: 11.43
and for 0.014556: 0.0145
Possibly without having to do:
if ... < variable < ...:
round(variable,xx)
for all cases.
In order to convert a number into a set number of digits, you can convert the number into only decimals (aka 0 <= n <= 1), then remove the last characters. You can do it like that:
from math import log10
number = 123.456789
n_digits = 4
log = int(log10(number) + 1)
number /= 10**log # convert the number into only decimals
number = int(number*10**n_digits)/10**n_digits # keep the n first digits
number *= 10**log # multiply the number back
Or a more compact form:
from math import log10
number = 123.456789
n_digits= 4
log = int(log10(number) + 1) - n_digits
number = int(number/10**log)*10**log
[Edit] You should use Python round() function in a simpler way:
number = round(number, n_digits-int(log10(number))-1)