The %g specifier to sprintf will do this automatically: "%g" % 1.0 => "1"
"%g" % 1.375 => "1.375" --Matt Jones On Feb 27, 1:20 am, northband <northb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi - > > I am working with floats and am wondering how I can trim the decimal > and trailing zeros on my whole numbers. For instance, whole numbers > are being displayed as 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, etc... I would like to remove > the decimal and any trailing zeros with out effecting other non-whole > number floats (ex. 1.375). > > Any ideas? Help appreciated. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---