How to format a number represented as a string?

Question

I have a text file that has a price column like 000245 and like 001245. I want to format the strings as 2.45 and 12.45?

Victor Ermakov · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-07 11:19:30Z

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just convert it to int and divide by 100

int(price)/100

answered May 6, 2021 at 20:17

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btw There is no casting in python. Your example is of a conversion.

Sushil · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-06 20:30:47Z

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Convert the price to string.

>>> price = "000245" >>> int(price)/100 2.45

answered May 6, 2021 at 20:30

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Synthaze · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-07 11:50:36Z

If you work with strings and want to get a string back:

s = '000245' s = s.lstrip('0') print (s[:-2]+'.'+s[-2:])

Output (as string):

2.45

Otherwise, still to preserve the variable type:

print (str(int(s)/100))