numbers.md

Numbers

Reference: https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#numeric-types-int-float-complex.

100 #> 100
-100 #> -100
0.45 #> 0.45

Numeric Operations

Numeric functions include the usual arithmetic operators:

100 + 5 #> 105
100 - 5 #> 95
100 * 5 #> 500
100 / 5 #> 20
100 + 5 * 2 #> 110
(100 + 5) * 2 #> 210

Boolean equality operators also apply:

100 == 100 #> True
100 == 100.0 #> True
100 == 99 #> False
100 == (99 + 1) #> True
True == 1 #> True
False == 0 #> True

Also reference the built-in round() function: https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#round.

round(4.5) #> 5.0
round(4.49) #> 4.0

round(4.49, 0) #> 4.0
round(4.49, 1) #> 4.5
round(4.49, 2) #> 4.49

Formatting as Currency

Use string formatting to control how numbers will display when printed:

# using the format function:
"the price is ${0:.2f}".format(6.5) #> 'the price is $6.50'
"the price is ${0:,.2f}".format(1234567890.12345678) #> 'the price is $1,234,567,890.12'

# alternatively using a format string:
price = 6.5
f"the price is ${price:,.2f}" #> 'the price is $6.50'

price = 1234567890.12345678
f"the price is ${price:,.2f}" #> 'the price is $1,234,567,890.12'

Feel free to use (copy-paste) this function definition into your projects:

def to_usd(my_price):
    """
    Converts a numeric value to usd-formatted string, for printing and display purposes.
    
    Param: my_price (int or float) like 4000.444444
    
    Example: to_usd(4000.444444)
    
    Returns: $4,000.44
    """
    return f"${my_price:,.2f}" 

Advanced Operations

Also reference the numeric functionality of these built-in Python modules:

• math
• random
• statistics