Printing floats

Scientific notation is a powerful tool for representing numbers, but it can be confusing to handle when trying to print float values. However, we can use the f strings we learned about previously to make sure we get them printed properly every time by using a format specifier. For example, if we wanted to format a variable in an f string as a float, we can use the f format specifier, such as: print(f"{some_variable:f}"). It also takes an operation precision on the float format specifier, for example, print(f"{some_variable:.4f}") would print four decimal places of precision.

Print float1, float2, and float3 notice where the jump to scientific notation occurs.
Print float2 and float3 using the default float format specifier, and notice what happened to float3.
Print float3 with the float format specifier and a precision of 7.

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Printing floats

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