From: Dan Nachbar <dan@...>
Date: 2011-09-11T18:33:37+09:00
Subject: Re: How do I make output generate a float without an excess numbers of decimal places?

On Sep 11, 2011, at 5:05 AM, Kane Williams wrote:
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> If days is a large number, say a year, it usually ends up with a number
> like 7.4799999999999999984. Is there a way to fix this? Perhaps chopping
> off after 2 decimal places in a string? Thanks in advance!
> 

You might try using the % instance method of String.
For example:
"%.2f" % (1.0/3)  => "0.33"

Dan Nachbar