How to set number of digits for float point output in Ipython

Question

In octave the output of float point numbers is limited by default to 4 digits (%.4f). Is there a way to set this behavior using IPython?

Answer 1

If you are using numpy a lot, then numpy.set_printoptions lets you tweak that.

Another option is to use the magic %precision command (only in IPython 0.11 or greater).

I guess that you can put your defaults in your startup configuration file.