float print formatting

[hg]

Grant Edwards wrote:

> On 2007-02-13, hg <hg at nospam.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Considering the float 0.0, I would like to print 00.00.
>>
>> I tried '%02.02f' % 0.0 ... but I get 0.00
>             ^^
> That's the specifierfor how many total columns you want to use
> (including the decimal point and all digits to either side).
> 
>> Any clue ?
> 
>>>> "%05.02f" % 0.0
> '00.00'
> 
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Thanks