> for i in range(2,7):
> print "|" + "%10.if" % num2 + "|" #where i would be the iteration
> and the num of decimal places
>>> for places in range(2,7):
... print "|%10.*f|" % (places, num2)
...
| 42.99|
| 42.988|
| 42.9877|
| 42.98765|
| 42.987654|
seems to do the trick.
It exploits the "*" operator for specifying the precision as
detailed in item #4 at
http://docs.python.org/lib/typesseq-strings.html
which is the same as in C/C++ formatting strings.
-tkc
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