Truncate to three decimals in Python

Question

How do I get 1324343032.324?

As you can see below, the following do not work:

>>1324343032.324325235 * 1000 / 1000
1324343032.3243253
>>i         


        

Answer 1

I think the best and proper way is to use decimal module.

import decimal

a = 1324343032.324325235

decimal_val = decimal.Decimal(str(a)).quantize(
   decimal.Decimal('.001'), 
   rounding=decimal.ROUND_DOWN
)
float_val = float(decimal_val)

print(decimal_val)
>>>1324343032.324

print(float_val)
>>>1324343032.324

You can use different values for rounding=decimal.ROUND_DOWN, available options are ROUND_CEILING, ROUND_DOWN, ROUND_FLOOR, ROUND_HALF_DOWN, ROUND_HALF_EVEN, ROUND_HALF_UP, ROUND_UP, and ROUND_05UP. You can find explanation of each option here in docs.