.format()

The format() function returns a string from an input value, formatted to the provided specifications.

Syntax

format(value, format_specification)

Where value is the value to format, and format_specification is the format specification to use.

Example format specifiers:

Example

In the following example, a float is formatted in a variable pi, which stores an approximation of the value of the constant pi. The format denotes that the output should be a string that represents the provided float, but only using two decimal places.

pi = 3.14159
formatted = format(pi, '.2f')
print(formatted)

Output for above code is:

3.14

Codebyte Example

The codebyte example is runnable and uses the format() function to convert an integer to a binary and print its string representation.

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