Decimal formatting

[Aahz]

In article <1189717147.538624.189890 at 19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com>,
mensanator at aol.com <mensanator at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>>> a
>12.33333
>>>> print '%0.2f' % a
>12.33
>>>> a = 1
>>>> print '%0.2f' % a
>1.00

>>> '%.2f' % 1
'1.00'
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