[newbie] decimal precision

[Eric B.]

>>> round(3.0/7 , 3)    # the  ,3  denotes 3 decimal places
0.429

-Eric B.  (sitric at home.com)

Neil Conway wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> I was wondering if anyone knows how to limit decimal precision in
> Python. Here is an example of where my problem occurs:
>
> >>> 3.0 / 7
> 0.428571428571
>
> Lets say I wanted to limit the value it returns to 3 decimal places, for
> example. How would that be done?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Neil Conway