how to format float number in python?

Question

I want to format my float number with 2 digit after decimal.

>>> x =5.0
>>> y=float("{:0.2f}".format(x))
>>> y
5.0

i want my output in this format:

5.00

good answer on stackoverflow [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/455612/limiting-floats-to-two-decimal-points) — Timothy Lombard, May 18 '18 at 06:29

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered May 18 '18 at 07:47

6

For newer version of python you can use:

x = 5.0
print(f' x: {x:.2f}')

out put will be:

x: 5.00

for more about this style see: f-string

answered May 18 '18 at 07:47

Salman

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 18 '18 at 06:27

3

You can do it by

In [11]: x = 5

In [12]: print("%.2f" % x)
5.00

In [13]:

answered May 18 '18 at 06:27

Rachit kapadia · Answer 3 · 2018-05-18T06:46:56.800

2

Your answer was correct. you just misplaced the colon:

print "{:.2f}".format(5.0)

 #output:
'5.00'

;)

edited May 18 '18 at 06:46

answered May 18 '18 at 06:39

Rachit kapadia

what notation is this? **In [14]:** – AndroX May 18 '18 at 06:44
1

Its a line number from an ipython console – Rachit kapadia May 18 '18 at 06:46

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