Python 3 Float Decimal Points/Precision [duplicate]

The comments state the objective is to print to 2 decimal places.

There’s a simple answer for Python 3:

>>> num=3.65
>>> "The number is {:.2f}".format(num)
'The number is 3.65'

or equivalently with f-strings (Python 3.6+):

>>> num = 3.65
>>> f"The number is {num:.2f}"
'The number is 3.65'

As always, the float value is an approximation:

>>> "{}".format(num)
'3.65'
>>> "{:.10f}".format(num)
'3.6500000000'
>>> "{:.20f}".format(num)
'3.64999999999999991118'

I think most use cases will want to work with floats and then only print to a specific precision.

Those that want the numbers themselves to be stored to exactly 2 decimal digits of precision, I suggest use the decimal type. More reading on floating point precision for those that are interested.

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