Floating Number format problem

[Marc Christiansen]

Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote:
> Marc Christiansen wrote:
> 
>> Gabriel Genellina <gagsl-py2 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
>>> En Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:46:25 -0300, <kelvin.you at gmail.com> escribió:
>>> 
>>>> On 6 12 ,   3 16 , ici <iltch... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Jun 12, 10:10 am,                 <kelvin.... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> > How could I format the float number like this: (keep 2 digit
>>>>> > precision)
>>>>> > 1.002 => 1
>>>>> > 1.12  => 1.12
>>>>> >>> print "%.02f" % (2324.012)
>>>>> 2324.01
>> Or:
>> 
>> def my_other_formatter_ommitting_trailing_zeroes(value):
>>     result = '%.2f' % value
>>     return result.rstrip('0.')
> 
> Make that result.rstrip("0").rstrip("."), or it may fail:
> 
>>>> ("%.2f" % 100.0).rstrip(".0") 
> '1' # wrong
>>>> ("%.2f" % 100.0).rstrip("0").rstrip(".")
> '100'

Oops, didn't think of what happens if the value is a multiple of 10.
Thanks for correcting me. And thanks to John, who found it too.

Marc