Is it possible to write large numbers with spaces in the code

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I'm trying to run a Monte-Carlo control algorithm, and keep getting frustrated when setting the number of steps in the code. It needs to be a large number (thousands, millions...) and it is hard to read it at a glance so I need to count zeros whenever I change it. I tried entering it as

N_EPISODES = 1 000 000

or

N_EPISODES = int('1 000 000')

or with commas instead of spaces, but none of these work. Is there a way to set large numbers in the code in a human-readable way?

`1_000_000`, in Python 3.6 and up: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0515/ — jonrsharpe, Jan 23 '19 at 11:09
https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#integer-literals — deceze, Jan 23 '19 at 11:10
Before Python 3.6: `N_EPISODES = int('1 000 000'.replace(' ','') )` or `N_EPISODES = int_with_commas('1,000,000')` using a function you defined earlier. — nigel222, Jan 23 '19 at 11:33
@jonrsharpe Thanks that's exactly what I was looking for, sorry for the dupe. — Pierre Cathé, Jan 23 '19 at 11:41

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You can try writing your number in a scientific-style way? Like 1e6 instead of 1000000 or 1,000,000...

answered Jan 23 '19 at 11:10

Flo

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