Even if the format is a string it is displayed as a float

[Navis-Raven]

This a bug of display and very annoying, since even if a number (like serial number for example) is wirtten as a text into a table it is still displayed as a float,

Example:

'>>> ReportWorkbook = pe.get_book(file_name=rep_name)
'>>> ReportWorkbook['Infos']
Sheet Name: Infos
+-----------------+------------------+
| Date | 2016-03-31 10:59 |
+-----------------+------------------+
| Model name | XS360_EU |
+-----------------+------------------+
| Time by X | 60 |
+-----------------+------------------+
| Product A | 123 |
+-----------------+------------------+
| Product B | 4.567e+15 |
+-----------------+------------------+
| Bandwidth (UDP) | N/A |
+-----------------+------------------+
| Other infos | N/A |
+-----------------+------------------+
'>>> ReportWorkbook['Infos'].column[1]
['2016-03-31 10:59', 'XS360_EU', 60.0, '0123', '04566651561653122', 'N/A', 'N/A']

As seen above the serial numbers of products A and B are 0123 and 04566651561653122 are stocked as a text (string), however. Whend displayed with print they are displayed as a float so we se the first '0' disappear and 4.567e+15 insetead of 04566651561653122

[chfw]

which file format is it? and is the file written by pyexcel?

[Navis-Raven]

Yes the file is written with pyexcel

The file format is ods

[chfw]

are you using pyexcel-ods3 or pyexcel-ods?

[Navis-Raven]

pyexcel-ods3

[chfw]

>>> import pyexcel,pyexcel.ext.ods3
>>> io=pyexcel.save_as(array=a, dest_file_type="ods")
>>> s=pyexcel.get_sheet(file_type='ods', file_stream=io)
>>> s
Sheet Name: pyexcel_sheet1
+-----+-------+
| 123 | 11234 |
+-----+-------+
>>> s.to_array() # can you do this and see if it is correct as you expect?
[[u'0123', u'011234']]

[chfw]

In addition, you could do pip install pyexcel-text, which replaces text-table as presentation library

>>> import pyexcel.ext.text
>>> s
Sheet Name: pyexcel_sheet1
----  ------
0123  011234
----  ------

[chfw]

Oh.. sorry, I have noticed that you have it displayed correctly but just the presentation got it wrong. I started to understand your problem now.

[Navis-Raven]

Initially we have this

>>> ReportWorkbook['Infos'].column[1]
['2016-03-31 10:59', 'XS360_EU', 60.0, '0123', '04566651561653122', 'N/A', 'N/A']

with '0123' and '04566651561653122' as a string !

But when we display it we get

+-----------------+------------------+
| Product A | 123 |
+-----------------+------------------+

No more 0

And

+-----------------+------------------+
| Product B | 4.567e+15 |
+-----------------+------------------+

We have 4.567e+15 instead of 04566651561653122, the print considers those strings as float

[chfw]

reproduced.

>>> a=[['2016-03-31 10:59', 'XS360_EU', 60.0, '0123', '04566651561653122', 'N/A', 'N/A']]
>>> import pyexcel
>>> s=pyexcel.get_sheet(array=a)
>>> s
Sheet Name: pyexcel_sheet1
+------------------+----------+----+-----+-----------+-----+-----+
| 2016-03-31 10:59 | XS360_EU | 60 | 123 | 4.567e+15 | N/A | N/A |
+------------------+----------+----+-----+-----------+-----+-----+

[Navis-Raven]

Hi, When do you think this bug will be solved ?

In the next release ?

[chfw]

Will be in in v0.2.1 branch. I have the initial fix and will push it up tonight.