num = 123.4567 formatted_num = '{0:.2f}'.format(num) # to 2 decimal places # formatted_num = '123.46'
formatted_float = "{:.2f}".format(a_float)
"{:.2f}".format(5)
print "%.2f" % 5
>>> foobar = 3.141592 >>> print(f'My number is {foobar:.2f} - look at the nice rounding!') My number is 3.14 - look at the nice rounding!