# How to print a number to X digits?

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**Created:** [November 21, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-print-a-number-to-x-digits/50526 "2020-11-21T07:27:49Z")\
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```julia
julia> using Printf

julia> a = 1;

julia> @printf("%.3f\n", a)
1.000

```

There’s also `@sprintf` to get a string value, see [Printf · The Julia Language](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/Printf/) for details.

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