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formatting to 2 decimal places

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Posted by Silencher   (55 posts)  Bio
Date Fri 27 Mar 2015 02:25 PM (UTC)
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Hello,

I don't know why, but I can't seem to get a percentage to format to 2 decimals.

Here's what I'm trying

Percent = string.format ("%.2f", Percent)


This does not work.
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,158 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #1 on Fri 27 Mar 2015 08:46 PM (UTC)
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Try this:


 Percent = 12.345678

print (string.format ("%.2f", Percent))


Output:


12.35

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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