Use string format() function to up to 2 decimal places in Python. You need to Call str.format(number) with “{:.2f}” as str and a float as number to return a string representation of the number with two decimal places.
Here’s the general syntax for using format():
formatted_num = "{:.2f}".format(num)
The syntax for using the % operator:
formatted_num = "%.2f" % num
Example Print up to 2 decimal places in Python
Simple example code printing a float with two decimal places outputs.
num = 2.154327
res = "{:.2f}".format(num)
print(res)Output:
Another example
This will print up to digits after the decimal.
print("%.2f" % (70/105))Output: 0.67
In this example, the % operator formats the number num with a precision of 2 decimal places using the format string "%.2f".
Do comment if you have any doubts or suggestions on this Python decimal topic.
Note: IDE: PyCharm 2021.3.3 (Community Edition)
Windows 10
Python 3.10.1
All Python Examples are in Python 3, so Maybe its different from python 2 or upgraded versions.