Python multiplying decimals less than 1

I am trying to multiply two decimals but Python 3 does not seem to respect the fact the numbers are decimals.

The basic code I have is:

val1 = 0.00141643059490085
val2 = 0.00623423464234545
Res  = val1 * val2
print(str(Res))

The result I am getting is 8.830360683208854e-06 which obviously is not correct.

It appears to be stripping the decimal and zeros and just multiplying the remaining number.

>Solution :

8.830360683208854e-06 

Do you know what does it mean? It’s just scientific notation.

You can read it as the following.

8.830360683208854 multiplied by 10 elevated to an exponent of -6

So the result of the sum is correct, but you may want to format the float in a different way, in this case I suggest to read this post.