Sometimes, we want to format a floating number to a fixed width in Python.

In this article, we’ll look at how to format a floating number to a fixed width in Python.

How to format a floating number to a fixed width in Python?

To format a floating number to a fixed width in Python, we can use a special formatting code with the string’s format method.

For instance, we write:

numbers = [23.23, 0.1233, 1.0, 4.223, 9887.2]

for x in numbers:
    print("{:10.3f}".format(x))

to format all the numbers in numbers to strings with 3 decimal places.

The {:10.3f} formatting code rounds each number to 3 decimal places.

Therefore, we see:

   23.230
    0.123
    1.000
    4.223
9887.200

printed.

Conclusion

To format a floating number to a fixed width in Python, we can use a special formatting code with the string’s format method.