How can I format a decimal to always show 2 decimal places?

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You should use the new format specifications to define how your value should be represented:

>>> from math import pi  # pi ~ 3.141592653589793
>>> '{0:.2f}'.format(pi)
'3.14'

The documentation can be a bit obtuse at times, so I recommend the following, easier readable references:

Python 3.6 introduced literal string interpolation (also known as f-strings) so now you can write the above even more succinct as:

>>> f'{pi:.2f}'
'3.14'

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