From: Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@...>
Date: 2005-12-13T09:22:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Using Float For Currency

On 12/12/05, Hunter's Lists <lists@lastonepicked.com> wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I have some methods that manipulate floats that represent a currency amount.
>
> I often end up with more precision than I need, i.e.: $9.756.
>
> What is the best way to scale that to 9.76?
>
Try:
val = 9.756
sprintf("%.2f", val)
That says "print 'val' as a floating point value, with two decimal
places of precision.