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Author grottrumsel
Recipients docs@python, grottrumsel
Date 2018-10-31.17:07:38
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In this question:
https://docs.python.org/2.7/faq/programming.html#how-do-i-convert-a-number-to-a-string

There is a statement:
"{:.3f}".format(1/3) yields '0.333'

While

In [2]: "{:.3f}".format(1/3)
Out[2]: '0.000'

In [3]: "{:.3f}".format(1/3.0)
Out[3]: '0.333'
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