code: def almostequal(first, second, places=7, printit=True):
      
      if first == second:
          return True
  
      if round(abs(second - first), places) != 0:
          if printit:
              print(round(abs(second - first), places))
              print("notalmost: %s != %s to %i places" % (first, second, places))
          return False
      else:
          return True
docs: Test if two values are equal to a given number of places.
      This is based on python's unittest so may be covered by Python's
      license.