simple string format question

[Chris Rebert]

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 5:12 AM, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to specify to format I want a floating point written with no more
> than e.g., 2 digits after the decimal?  I tried {:.2f}, but then I get all
> floats written with 2 digits, even if they are 0:
>
> 2.35 << yes, that's what I want
> 2.00 << no, I want just 2 or 2.

Not that I can find. Seems you'll have to implement it yourself.


In the event that your project uses Django, there happens to be a
template tag for this (pass it -2 in your case):
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/?from=olddocs#floatformat

Cheers,
Chris