decimal_tuple.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# credit for this goes to the author
# of The Python Standard Library by example
# Jesse Noller, Python Core Developer and PSF Board Member
# Book can be purchased on amazon, it is also
# on the oreilly bookshelf and may be at your
# library. I'm only reprinting the code example
# here because I'm working on this stuff as a
# student of the Python Programming language.
# Thanks Jesse Noller for such a good book.

import decimal

# Tuple
t = (1, (1, 1), -2)
print 'Input    :', t
print 'Decimal  :', decimal.Decimal(t)