How to reduce the decimals in python?

Question

I dont know much about python and am learning.

I have a variable like this,

a = 23.34853234

I want to reduce the numbers after dot. Like, i have mentioned below

a = 23.35

Please help me. Thank you

Something like [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/455612/python-limiting-floats-to-two-decimal-points)? — summea, Dec 26 '13 at 07:24
Please see [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/20089808/790387). — Burhan Khalid, Dec 26 '13 at 07:29
There are some options, see [this post][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2389846/python-decimals-format — kique, Dec 26 '13 at 07:38

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 26 '13 at 07:29

5

you can use round

round(a, 2)

you can read more about it here here

answered Dec 26 '13 at 07:29

amdorra

gthacoder · Answer 2 · 2013-12-26T07:34:20.953

0

You can do it this way:

a = float("{0:.2f}".format(a))

edited Dec 26 '13 at 07:34

answered Dec 26 '13 at 07:29

gthacoder

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