Python Decimal to String
Use the str() builtin, which:
Returns a string containing a nicely printable representation of an object.
E.g:
>>> import decimal>>> dec = decimal.Decimal('10.0')>>> str(dec)'10.0'
Note that using the %f string formatting appears to either convert to a float first (or only output a limited number of decimal places) and therefore looses precision. You should use %s or str() to display the full value stored in the Decimal.
Given:
from decimal import Decimalfoo = Decimal("23380.06198573179271708683473")print("{0:f}".format(foo))print("%s" % foo)print("%f" % foo)Outputs:
23380.0619857317927170868347323380.0619857317927170868347323380.061986(ed: updated to reflect @Mark's comment.)