Restrict django FloatField to 2 decimal places

Question

I am looking for a way to limit the FloatField in Django to 2 decimal places has anyone got a clue of how this could be done without having to use a DecimalField.

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Answer 1

Since Django 1.8+ you can use a custom validator for FloatField/or any ModelFields:

def validate_decimals(value):
    try:
        return round(float(value), 2)
    except:
        raise ValidationError(
            _('%(value)s is not an integer or a float  number'),
            params={'value': value},
        )

...and in your model you can apply it like this:

from django.db import models

class MyModel(models.Model):
    even_field = models.FloatField(validators=[validate_decimals])

Answer 2

If you'd like to actually ensure that your model always gets saved with only two decimal places, rather than just changing the presentation of the model in a template, a custom save method on your model will work great. The example model below shows how.

class MyDataModel(models.Model):
    my_float = models.FloatField()

    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.my_float = round(self.my_float, 2)
        super(MyDataModel, self).save(*args, **kwargs)

Now every time you save your model you will guarantee that the field will only be populated with a float of two decimal places. This can be generalized to rounding to any number of decimal places.

Answer 3

If you are only concerned with how your FloatField appears in forms, you can use the template filter floatformat.

From the Django Docs:

If used with a numeric integer argument, floatformat rounds a number to that many decimal places.

For example, if value = 34.23234, then in your template:

{{ value|floatformat:2 }}  # outputs 34.23