Add zeros to a float after the decimal point in Python

Question

I am reading in data from a file, modify it and write it to another file. The new file will be read by another program and therefore it is crucial to carry over the exact fo

Answer 1

I've tried n ways but nothing worked that way I was wanting in, at last, this worked for me.

foo = 56
print (format(foo, '.1f'))
print (format(foo, '.2f'))
print (format(foo, '.3f'))
print (format(foo, '.5f'))

output:

56.0 
56.00
56.000
56.00000

Meaning that the 2nd argument of format takes the decimal places you'd have to go up to. Keep in mind that format returns string.