[Python] Printing a numpy variable with and without format gives different values

While working with numpy, I observed something strange. When I print a variable using print() and I format the print usingprint(f'{<variable>:.9f}) gives different values.

For example,

or



I am not sure why this is happening. the variable lidar_synchronized_timeshamps is first read in as list of strings, then converted to numpy array using np.asarray().astype(np.float128). Any help in understanding whats happening here is really appreciated.

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