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#!/usr/bin/env python
__author__ = "bt3"
''' Given a real number between 0 and 1 (eg: 0.72), this method print the binary
representation. If the Number cannot be represented accurately in binary, with at
most 32 chars, print error:
'''
def get_float_rep(num):
'''
>>> get_float_rep(0.72)
('Error 2', '.1011100001010001111010111000010')
>>> get_float_rep(0.1)
('Error 2', '.0001100110011001100110011001100')
>>> get_float_rep(0.5)
'.1'
'''
if num >= 1 or num <= 0: return 'Error 1'
result = '.'
while num:
if len(result) >= 32: return 'Error 2', result
r = num*2
if r >= 1:
result += '1'
num = r - 1
else:
result += '0'
num = r
return result
if __name__ == '__main__':
import doctest
doctest.testmod()