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Problem with format output data - hypen mixed up with negative

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Hyphen/dash instead of minus/negative for exponential numbers
James Mitchell
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I had a problem reading my tracker data output with python. I solved the problem
For eksampel

1,6E-04 was formated with a dash/hyphen and not a negative  so python was reading it as a string that it could not float.

Just a fyi, hope someone changes the code.


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