Error in line plot when including text attribute related to floating point representation.
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Description
Plotly Version: v2.12.1
Step to reproduce:
import plotly.express as px
fig = px.line(df[df["country"] == "India"], x="year", y="pop", title="Population In India", text="lifeExp")
fig.show()
LifeExp has only 3 decimal places:
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Reproduce the issue with Plotly v2.12.1 using the provided px.line example, filtering for India and passing lifeExp as text. Inspect how the line plot handles the text attribute and floating-point values; done means the displayed lifeExp text preserves the three-decimal representation shown in the source data.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- data-visualization
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
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- Needs clarification
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