varInt = 12

print(
    "Integer : " +
    "{:07.3f}".format(varInt)
)

Outputs:

Integer : 012.000

The 7 is total field width and includes the decimal point.

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Print statement formatting - Python Programming MOOC 2025
The format specifier .2f states that we want to display 2 decimals. The letter f at the end means that we want the variable to be displayed as a float, i.e. a floating point number. Here's another example, where we specify the amount of whitespace reserved for the variable in the printout.
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March 23, 2023 - questions = 30 correct_answers = 23 print(f"You got {correct_answers / questions :.2%} correct!") # You got 76.67% correct! When formatting a number as a percentage, the level of precision always refers to the number of digits after the decimal point.
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@hobbes3: 10 is the minimum field ... of the printed string. Numbers are by default right-aligned and padded with spaces -- see the documentation for more details. 2012-01-16T20:27:44.387Z+00:00 ... @StevenRumbalski: Or simply ".4f" % x. In Python 2.6, you can also use "{0:10.4f}".format(x... More on stackoverflow.com
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Congrats on getting to a point where you're happy to share code, great to see! In terms of the utility of this, I might be missing something. My background is PhD in Physics + Software Engineering, so my experience here is from my physics courses. That being said, when doing calculations, you want to always calculate your sums with the full precision. Rounding to N significant figures should only happen right at the end when exporting the numbers into your paper/article/experimental write/etc. So my own library, ChainConsumer , when asked to output final LaTeX tables, will determine significant figures and output... but only a very final step. I'm curious why you aren't simply formatting your final results, and instead seem to be introducing compounding rounding errors. In terms of the code itself, I'd encourage you to check out tools like black that you can use to format your code automatically. You can even set things up so the editors like VSCode run black when you save the file, or a pre-commit that runs black prior to your work being committed. More on reddit.com
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Do you normally use string.format() or percentage (%) to format your Python strings?

Firstly, you can write e. g. {0:.2f} to specify a float with 2 decimals, see e. g. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-string-formatters-in-python-3

Secondly, the best formatting method is f-strings, see e. g. https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2018/03/13/python-3-an-intro-to-f-strings/

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This allows greater control over how the value is formatted. The following example rounds pi to three places after the decimal: >>> import math >>> print(f'The value of pi is approximately {math.pi:.3f}.') The value of pi is approximately 3.142. Passing an integer after the ':' will cause that field to be a minimum number of characters wide.
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Python String Formatting
A modifier is included by adding a colon : followed by a legal formatting type, like .2f which means fixed point number with 2 decimals: ... You can perform Python operations inside the placeholders. ... price = 59 tax = 0.25 txt = f"The price is {price + (price * tax)} dollars" print(txt) Try it Yourself ยป
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With this site we try to show you the most common use-cases covered by the old and new style string formatting API with practical examples. All examples on this page work out of the box with with Python 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, and 3.5 without requiring any additional libraries.
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November 8, 2023 - The number will be printed with 5 characters. As 453 consists only of 3 digits, the output is padded with 2 leading blanks. You may have expected a "%5i" instead of "]". Where is the difference? It's easy: There is no difference between "d" and "i" both are used for formatting integers.
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Python - Output Formatting - GeeksforGeeks
The string modulo operator (%) is one of the oldest ways to format strings in Python. It allows you to embed values within a string by placing format specifiers in the string. Each specifier starts with a % and ends with a character that represents the type of value being formatted. ... # string modulo operator(%) print("Geeks : -, Portal : %5.2f" % (1, 05.333)) print("Total students : =, Boys : -" % (240, 120)) # print integer value print("%7.3o" % (25)) # print octal value print(".3E" % (356.08977)) # print exponential value
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May 18, 2023 - Built-in Functions - format() โ€” Python 3.11.3 documentation ยท This function takes the original string (str) and number (int or float) to be formatted as its first argument, and the format specification string as its second argument.
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Python String format() Method
Remove List Duplicates Reverse a String Add Two Numbers ยท Python Examples Python Compiler Python Exercises Python Quiz Python Challenges Python Server Python Syllabus Python Study Plan Python Interview Q&A Python Bootcamp Python Certificate Python Training ยท โฎ String Methods ยท Insert the price inside the placeholder, the price should be in fixed point, two-decimal format: txt = "For only {price:.2f} dollars!" print(txt.format(price = 49)) Try it Yourself ยป ยท
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Python format()
# formatting number with a width of 10, left-aligned left_aligned = format(123, '<10d') print("Left-aligned with width 10:", left_aligned)
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In Python, you can print a number in engineering format, which typically represents a number with a power of 10 that is a multiple of 3 (e.g., 1.23e3 for 1230 or 4.56e-6 for 0.00000456). You can achieve this format using string formatting or the f-string feature.
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name = "Python" version = 3.11 # F-strings (recommended) message = f"Welcome to {name} {version}!" # .format() method message = "Welcome to {} {}!".format(name, version) # % formatting (legacy) message = "Welcome to %s %s!" % (name, version) # All output: Welcome to Python 3.11! ... import timeit name = "World" # F-string: ~0.05 microseconds t = timeit.timeit(lambda: f"Hello {name}!", number=1000000) print("Time: {t:.6f} seconds") # .format(): ~0.15 microseconds t = timeit.timeit(lambda: "Hello {}!".format(name), number=1000000) print("Time: {t:.6f} seconds") # % formatting: ~0.12 microseconds t = timeit.timeit(lambda: "Hello %s!" % name, number=1000000) print("Time: {t:.6f} seconds")
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January 28, 2025 - We can use the fortmat() string function in python to output the desired text in the order we want. ... Now extending the formatting using f keyword ( look at the piece above ) , lets try to use that in numbers, particularly involving decimals ...
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A Guide to Modern Python String Formatting Tools โ€“ Real Python
February 1, 2025 - Python ยท ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ‘‡ >>> print("{0} {1} cost ${2}".format(6, "bananas", 1.74 * 6)) 6 bananas cost $10.44 ยท In this example, template_string is the string "{0} {1} cost ${2}", which includes three replacement fields. The replacement fields {0}, {1}, and {2} contain numbers that correspond to the zero-based positional arguments 6, "bananas", and 1.74 * 6.