How can I format a string to remove leading zeros?

Question

Suppose I have a number that I want to put in a string.

x = 0.13

How can I format my string so that the leading zero does not appear?

print('This is my formatted number: {formating}'.format(x)) >> This is my formatted number: .13

Yuval Pruss · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-11 07:52:22Z

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You can use the strip method:

x = 0.13 res = str(x).strip('0') print('This is my formatted number: {}'.format(res))

answered Jul 11, 2017 at 7:52

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Suppose x was a float and I wanted to truncate it to two decimal places but remove the leading zero. Is there an easy way to do that in python 3?

Yes, you can use the round function: res = str(round(x, 2)).strip('0')