# Round a float, and force a specific number of decimal places

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/round-a-float-and-force-a-specific-number-of-decimal-places/87547>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** numbers, formatting\
**Created:** [September 21, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/round-a-float-and-force-a-specific-number-of-decimal-places/87547 "2022-09-21T07:22:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/round-a-float-and-force-a-specific-number-of-decimal-places/87547/6 "2022-09-21T11:01:28Z")

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Check [this post](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-print-a-number-to-x-digits/50526/3) for a Matlab-like solution.

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