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RE: Part 9: How To Calculate A Post's Total Rewards Using Steem-Python
It's because Amount is a class in steem-python that splits a string like "10 SBD" into amount(10) and asset (SBD) as you can see here. The float() function just converts a number or a string into a float! If you really wanted you could do recent_claims = float(reward_fund["reward_balance"].split()[0]) instead, but it's easier to just use Amount class.
I see, thank you!
This example here shows better what is going on, nice, now I have two options!