Update I am trying to round a float to two decimals. > > Basically, I am writing a program to ask a user how many square feet they > need to paint. I then calculate how many cans of paint they need and will > also show the total purchase price. I've tried this two ways, and both ways > I am semi-successful meaning that my output is rounding but it displays a > number of zero's after the number rounds. How can I make the zero's stop > displaying? >
> total = PRICE_PER_CAN * cans + (PRICE_PER_CAN * cans * TAX) > total = round(total,2) > print 'For %d square feet, you\'ll need %d cans of paint.' > %(square_feet, cans) > print 'That will cost you $%f.' %(total) > > > > total = PRICE_PER_CAN * cans + (PRICE_PER_CAN * cans * TAX) > print 'For %d square feet, you\'ll need %d cans of paint.' > %(square_feet, cans) > print 'That will cost you $%f.' %round(total,2) > >
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