print("%.2f" % total)

[Stephane Wirtel]

print the two digits after the point.

On 11/21, Cai Gengyang wrote:
> 
> meal = 44.50
> tax = 0.0675
> tip = 0.15
> 
> meal = meal + meal * tax
> total = meal + meal * tip
> 
> print("%.2f" % total)   
> 
> What do the lines inside the parentheses in this statement print("%.2f" % total) mean ? 
> 
> What does "%.2f" % total represent ?
> 
> Thanks alot ...
> 
> Gengyang
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