How can I avoid python converting big numbers to scientific notation?

Question

I have data structured as follows:

[\'1404407396000\',
 \'484745869385011200\',
 \'0\',
 \'1922149633\',
 \"The nurse from the university said I couldn\'t go         


        

Answer 1

By using the format specification mini language described here:

https://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html

Search for: 7.1.3.1. Format Specification Mini-Language

Answer 2

Use string formatting.

writer.writerows("%f" % data)

There are various formatting options you can check out here.