Display a float with two decimal places in Python

Question

I have a function taking float arguments (generally integers or decimals with one significant digit), and I need to output the values in a string with two decimal places (5

Answer 1

String formatting:

print "%.2f" % 5

Answer 2

If you want to get a floating point value with two decimal places limited at the time of calling input,

Check this out ~

a = eval(format(float(input()), '.2f'))   # if u feed 3.1415 for 'a'.
print(a)                                  # output 3.14 will be printed.

Answer 3

Shortest Python 3 syntax:

n = 5
print(f'{n:.2f}')

Answer 4

Using Python 3 syntax:

print('%.2f' % number)

Answer 5

Since this post might be here for a while, lets also point out python 3 syntax:

"{:.2f}".format(5)