def formatE_decimal(x, prec=2):
    """ Examples:
    >>> formatE_decimal('0.1613965',10)
    '1.6139650000E-01'
    >>> formatE_decimal('0.1613965',5)
    '1.61397E-01'
    >>> formatE_decimal('0.9995',2)
    '1.00E+00'
    """
    xx=decimal.Decimal(x) if type(x)==type("") else x 
    tup = xx.as_tuple()
    xx=xx.quantize( decimal.Decimal("1E{0}".format(len(tup[1])+tup[2]-prec-1)), decimal.ROUND_HALF_UP )
    tup = xx.as_tuple()
    exp = xx.adjusted()
    sign = '-' if tup.sign else ''
    dec = ''.join(str(i) for i in tup[1][1:prec+1])   
    if prec>0:
        return '{sign}{int}.{dec}E{exp:+03d}'.format(sign=sign, int=tup[1][0], dec=dec, exp=exp)
    elif prec==0:
        return '{sign}{int}E{exp:+03d}'.format(sign=sign, int=tup[1][0], exp=exp)
    else:
        return None

这是我能找到的最简单的一个。

format(40800000000.00000000000000, '.2E')
#'4.08E+10'

(“E”不区分大小写。你也可以用'.2e')

请参阅Python字符串格式中的表格，以选择适当的格式布局。在你的例子中是%. 2e。

这是一个“简单”答案和评论的综合列表。

PYTHON 3

from decimal import Decimal

x = '40800000000.00000000000000'
# Converted to Float
x = Decimal(x)

# ===================================== # `Dot Format`
print("{0:.2E}".format(x))
# ===================================== # `%` Format
print("%.2E" % x)
# ===================================== # `f` Format
print(f"{x:.2E}")
# =====================================
# ALL Return: 4.08E+10
print((f"{x:.2E}") == ("%.2E" % x) == ("{0:.2E}".format(x)))
# True
print(type(f"{x:.2E}") == type("%.2E" % x) == type("{0:.2E}".format(x)))
# True
# =====================================

或无进口

# NO IMPORT NEEDED FOR BASIC FLOATS
y = '40800000000.00000000000000'
y = float(y)

# ===================================== # `Dot Format`
print("{0:.2E}".format(y))
# ===================================== # `%` Format
print("%.2E" % y)
# ===================================== # `f` Format
print(f"{y:.2E}")
# =====================================
# ALL Return: 4.08E+10
print((f"{y:.2E}") == ("%.2E" % y) == ("{0:.2E}".format(y)))
# True
print(type(f"{y:.2E}") == type("%.2E" % y) == type("{0:.2E}".format(y)))
# True
# =====================================

比较

# =====================================
x
# Decimal('40800000000.00000000000000')
y
# 40800000000.0

type(x)
# <class 'decimal.Decimal'>
type(y)
# <class 'float'>

x == y
# True
type(x) == type(y)
# False

x
# Decimal('40800000000.00000000000000')
y
# 40800000000.0

所以对于Python 3，你现在可以在这三种方式中任意切换。

我喜欢:

print("{0:.2E}".format(y))

from decimal import Decimal

'%.2E' % Decimal('40800000000.00000000000000')

# returns '4.08E+10'

在你的'40800000000.00000000000000'中，有许多有效的零，它们与任何其他数字具有相同的含义。这就是为什么你必须明确地说出你想停在哪里。

如果你想自动删除所有后面的零，你可以尝试:

def format_e(n):
    a = '%E' % n
    return a.split('E')[0].rstrip('0').rstrip('.') + 'E' + a.split('E')[1]

format_e(Decimal('40800000000.00000000000000'))
# '4.08E+10'

format_e(Decimal('40000000000.00000000000000'))
# '4E+10'

format_e(Decimal('40812300000.00000000000000'))
# '4.08123E+10'

def formatE_decimal(x, prec=2):
    """ Examples:
    >>> formatE_decimal('0.1613965',10)
    '1.6139650000E-01'
    >>> formatE_decimal('0.1613965',5)
    '1.61397E-01'
    >>> formatE_decimal('0.9995',2)
    '1.00E+00'
    """
    xx=decimal.Decimal(x) if type(x)==type("") else x 
    tup = xx.as_tuple()
    xx=xx.quantize( decimal.Decimal("1E{0}".format(len(tup[1])+tup[2]-prec-1)), decimal.ROUND_HALF_UP )
    tup = xx.as_tuple()
    exp = xx.adjusted()
    sign = '-' if tup.sign else ''
    dec = ''.join(str(i) for i in tup[1][1:prec+1])   
    if prec>0:
        return '{sign}{int}.{dec}E{exp:+03d}'.format(sign=sign, int=tup[1][0], dec=dec, exp=exp)
    elif prec==0:
        return '{sign}{int}E{exp:+03d}'.format(sign=sign, int=tup[1][0], exp=exp)
    else:
        return None