Formatting floats without trailing zeros

Question

How can I format a float so that it doesn\'t contain trailing zeros? In other words, I want the resulting string to be as short as possible.

For example:

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Answer 1

Here's a solution that worked for me. It's a blend of the solution by PolyMesh and use of the new .format() syntax.

for num in 3, 3., 3.0, 3.1, 3.14, 3.140:
    print('{0:.2f}'.format(num).rstrip('0').rstrip('.'))

Output:

3
3
3
3.1
3.14
3.14