Python Decimal to String

Question

There are tons of topics on here that explain how to convert a string to a decimal, but how do I convert a decimal back to a string?

Like if I did this:

Answer 1

Note that using the %f string formatting appears to either convert to a float first (or only output a limited number of decimal places) and therefore looses precision. You should use %s or str() to display the full value stored in the Decimal.

Given:

from decimal import Decimal
foo = Decimal("23380.06198573179271708683473")
print("{0:f}".format(foo))
print("%s" % foo)
print("%f" % foo)

Outputs:

23380.06198573179271708683473
23380.06198573179271708683473
23380.061986

(ed: updated to reflect @Mark's comment.)