Force python to not output a float in standard form / scientific notation / exponential form [duplicate]

Answer 1

>>> a
1.0000000000000001e-09
>>> print "heres is a small number %1.9f" %a
heres is a small number 0.000000001
>>> print "heres is a small number %1.13f" %a
heres is a small number 0.0000000010000
>>> b
11232310000000.0
>>> print "heres is a big number %1.9f" %b
heres is a big number 11232310000000.000000000
>>> print "heres is a big number %1.1f" %b
heres is a big number 11232310000000.0