format float print python code example

Example 1: print decimal formatting in python

a_float = 3.14159
formatted_float = "{:.2f}".format(a_float)

Example 2: python format numeric output

for x in numbers:
    print "{:10.4f}".format(x)
prints

   23.2300
    0.1233
    1.0000
    4.2230
 9887.2000

Example 3: python integer to string format

'{:d}'.format(42)