represent time in DynamicMultialgorithmErrors in scientific notation

KarrLab · Dec 27, 2020 · e103579 · e103579
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diff --git a/tests/test_multialgorithm_errors.py b/tests/test_multialgorithm_errors.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 """
 
 import os
+import re
 import unittest
 
 from wc_sim.multialgorithm_errors import (DynamicFrozenSimulationError, DynamicMultialgorithmError,
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ def test_errors(self):
             raise SpeciesPopulationError(msg)
 
         def expected(time, msg):
-            return f"{time}: {msg}"
+            return re.escape(f"{time:.{DynamicMultialgorithmError.TIME_PRECISION}E}: {msg}")
 
         time = 3.5
         with self.assertRaisesRegexp(DynamicFrozenSimulationError, expected(time, msg)):

diff --git a/wc_sim/multialgorithm_errors.py b/wc_sim/multialgorithm_errors.py
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ class DynamicMultialgorithmError(Error):
         time (:obj:`float`): the simulation time at which the error occurs
         message (:obj:`str`): the exception's message
     """
+    TIME_PRECISION = 5
 
     def __init__(self, time, message=None):
         self.time = time
-        super().__init__(f"{time}: {message}")
+        super().__init__(f"{time:.{self.TIME_PRECISION}E}: {message}")
 
 
 class SpeciesPopulationError(Error):