How to write string (float) to file?

[Rainer Deyke]

"Grant Edwards" <grante at visi.com> wrote in message
news:slrn9oq892.96i.grante at isis.visi.com...
> The OP stated that float(a)/b was fine, and he wanted a way to format the
FP
> result of that expression.  The OP was told he could use "%.2f" to format
> his results.  That's the simplest way to do what he asked, and AFAICT it
> produces correct results.
>
> You seem to be telling the OP that he's wrong, float(a)/b isn't good
enough,
> and he shouldn't be using floating point?

That is essentially what I was saying.  I read the OP's question as "How do
I calculate a/b accurately to two decimal places?", and that's the question
I answered.


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