How do I show only 2 decimal places in an f-string?

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1. OLOliviaPy18 Sep, 22:10 Solutionreplies: 2

   Add a format spec after a colon:

   print(f"Distance: {distance:.2f} km")

   .2f means "fixed-point, 2 decimals". You can also add thousands separators: {distance:,.2f} gives 384,399.12.
   1. TOTomBeckerOP20 Sep, 07:30replies: 1

      The comma one is perfect for my report. Is there a list of these codes somewhere?
      1. LILiamByte20 Sep, 08:37

         Search for "format specification mini-language" in the Python docs. The common ones are .2f, ,, % (percent) and >10 / <10 for alignment.
2. EMEmmaCodes20 Sep, 14:10replies: 1

   Careful: .2f rounds for display only, the variable still has all its decimals. Bit me once when I compared values.
   1. AMAmeliaRuns20 Sep, 16:08

      Good point, that's a nice difference between formatting and round().