[Tutor] floats

[Modulok]

>> Can someone till me how to get a two decimal precision every time?

    print "%.2f" % (500/1000.0)

    # or...

    result = 500 / 1000.0
    print "%.2f" % result


Using 'new' style string formatting works too:

    print "{0:.2f}".format(500/1000.0)

-Modulok-

On 6/6/11, Michael bridges <micha_el2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> i saw it somewhere, but where?
>
> i want to 10 / 1000 and get 0.01 not 0
> if 1000 is made 1000.00 then 0.01 is printed
> but that gives 500 / 1000.00 is 0.5 not 0.50
>
> i might be thinking C# not python.
>
> can someone till me how to get a two decimal precision every time?
>
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