From: Alex DeCaria <alex.decaria@...>
Date: 2010-04-14T21:06:11+09:00
Subject: Re: Method to groom a string to floating point representation

> 
>> Delete any decimals in an exponent:
>> '245e7.6' => '2.45e76'
>>
> 
> Where did the dot in between 2 and 4 come from? Am I interpreting the 
> String
> or just cleaning it?

This was a typo on my part.  It should have read:
'245e7.6' => '245e76'

> 
> 
>> Delete any extra or misplaced + or – signs:
>> '+45-68+e+45-' => '4568e+45'
>>
>> Delete any extra or misplaced ‘e’ or ‘E’ characters (first occurance of
>> '+e4.67e-7' => '+4.67e-7'
>>
>>
> Why does the plus in front of 45 in the first one go away, but the plus 
> in
> front of the e in the second one stays?

Again, a typo on my part.  It should have been:
'+45-68+e+45-' => '+4568e+45'


> 
> This is what I have so far, please check and correct any tests that 
> should
> be different
> 

Thank!  I'll check the code you gave me and see how it does.

--Alex
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