json.loads converts decimal points to 'e' in python

This is the way python shows floats

price = 0.00000026print(price)

outputs: 2.6e-07you can print it this way if you want to see it normal:

print('{0:.8f}'.format(price))

ouputs: 0.00000026

python json python-3.x floating-point

Your value is parsed as a Decimal, it's just shown in an exponential form because it's more compact:

import jsonimport decimal>>> x = json.loads('{"a":0.00000000000000026}', parse_float=decimal.Decimal)>>> repr(x)"{'a': Decimal('2.6E-16')}"

You can see that the precision is preserved, though, unlike with a float:

>>> x['a'] + 1Decimal('1.00000000000000026')>>> 1 + 2.6e-161.0000000000000002

So everything works as expected.

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