How to force a decimal

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Hey there all,

This should be simple. I need to know how to force a decimal place.

say i wanted to do 3.5.to_s
but i need that to be 3.50 as the string,

how would i do this?

thanks

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say i wanted to do 3.5.to_s
but i need that to be 3.50 as the string,

Use String#% and friends:

"%.2f" % 3.5

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cool, thanks much !

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On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:38 PM, ThoML <micathom@gmail.com> wrote:

> say i wanted to do 3.5.to_s
> but i need that to be 3.50 as the string,

Use String#% and friends:

"%.2f" % 3.5