#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

import locale
import sys

print('\nlocale not loaded')
dp = locale.localeconv()["decimal_point"]
print ('decimal_point [. or ,] = %c\n' % dp)
s = '2%c5' % dp
print('base string = %s' % s)
v = (s.replace(dp, '.'))
print('replace decimal_point with a dot in %s' % s)
print('converted string = %s' % v)

print('float(converted string) * 2 = %f' % (float(v) * 2))
try :
	print('locale.atof(base string) = %f' % (locale.atof(s)))
	print('float(base string) = %f' % (float(s)))
except :
	print('cannot convert %s to float with float(%s)' % (s, s))

print ('---------')
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
print('\nlocale loaded')
print(locale.getdefaultlocale())
dp = locale.localeconv()["decimal_point"]
print ('\ndecimal_point [. or ,] = %c\n' % dp)
s = '2%c5' % dp
print('base string = %s' % s)
v = (s.replace(dp, '.'))
print('replace decimal_point with a dot in %s' % s)
print('converted string = %s' % v)

print('float(converted string) * 2 = %f' % (float(v) * 2))

try :
	print('locale.atof(base string) = %f' % (locale.atof(s)))
	print('float(base string) = %f' % (float(s)))
except :
	print('cannot convert %s to float with float(%s)' % (s, s))