How to turn a float number like 293.4662543 into 293.47 in python?

Question

How to shorten the float result I got? I only need 2 digits after the dot. Sorry I really don\'t know how to explain this better in English...

Thanks

Answer 1

One way:

>>> number = 1
>>> '{:.2f}'.format(number) #1.00
>>> '{:.3f}'.format(number) #1.000

second way:

>>> '%.3f' % number #1.000
>>> '%.3f' % number #1.000

see "format python"

Answer 2

If you want a number, use the round() function:

>>> round(12.3456, 2)
12.35

(but +1 for Michael's answer re. the Decimal type.)

If you want a string:

>>> print "%.2f" % 12.34567
12.35