How to round a number to significant figures in Python
I need to round a float to be displayed in a UI. e.g, to one significant figure:
significant-digits
Show decimal places and scientific notation on the axis of a matplotlib plot
I am plotting some big numbers with matplotlib in a pyqt program using python 2.7. I have a y-axis that ranges from 1e+18 to 3e+18 (usually). I’d like to see each tick mark show values in scientific notation and with 2 decimal places. For example 2.35e+18 instead of just 2e+18 because values between 2e+18 and 3e+18 still read just 2e+18 for a few tickmarks. Here is an example of that problem.