145
votes

How do I get the numbers after a decimal point?

For example, if I have 5.55, how do i get .55?

30
I think you should change the accepted answer on this. I almost didn't scroll down to the x10 times voted answer, and this would have bitten me later. - Gulzar

30 Answers

28
votes

An easy approach for you:

number_dec = str(number-int(number))[1:]
233
votes
5.55 % 1

Keep in mind this won't help you with floating point rounding problems. I.e., you may get:

0.550000000001

Or otherwise a little off the 0.55 you are expecting.

174
votes

Use modf:

>>> import math
>>> frac, whole = math.modf(2.5)
>>> frac
0.5
>>> whole
2.0
69
votes

What about:

a = 1.3927278749291
b = a - int(a)

b
>> 0.39272787492910011

Or, using numpy:

import numpy
a = 1.3927278749291
b = a - numpy.fix(a)
37
votes

Using the decimal module from the standard library, you can retain the original precision and avoid floating point rounding issues:

>>> from decimal import Decimal
>>> Decimal('4.20') % 1
Decimal('0.20')

As kindall notes in the comments, you'll have to convert native floats to strings first.

8
votes

Try Modulo:

5.55%1 = 0.54999999999999982
5
votes
import math
orig = 5.55
whole = math.floor(orig)    # whole = 5.0
frac = orig - whole         # frac = 0.55
5
votes

similar to the accepted answer, even easier approach using strings would be

def number_after_decimal(number1):
    number = str(number1)
    if 'e-' in number: # scientific notation
        number_dec = format(float(number), '.%df'%(len(number.split(".")[1].split("e-")[0])+int(number.split('e-')[1])))
    elif "." in number: # quick check if it is decimal
        number_dec = number.split(".")[1]
    return number_dec
4
votes
>>> n=5.55
>>> if "." in str(n):
...     print "."+str(n).split(".")[-1]
...
.55
4
votes

Just using simple operator division '/' and floor division '//' you can easily get the fraction part of any given float.

number = 5.55

result = (number/1) - (number//1)

print(result)
3
votes

Sometimes trailing zeros matter

In [4]: def split_float(x):
   ...:     '''split float into parts before and after the decimal'''
   ...:     before, after = str(x).split('.')
   ...:     return int(before), (int(after)*10 if len(after)==1 else int(after))
   ...: 
   ...: 

In [5]: split_float(105.10)
Out[5]: (105, 10)

In [6]: split_float(105.01)
Out[6]: (105, 1)

In [7]: split_float(105.12)
Out[7]: (105, 12)
2
votes

This is a solution I tried:

num = 45.7234
(whole, frac) = (int(num), int(str(num)[(len(str(int(num)))+1):]))
2
votes

Float numbers are not stored in decimal (base10) format. Have a read through the python documentation on this to satisfy yourself why. Therefore, to get a base10 representation from a float is not advisable.

Now there are tools which allow storage of numeric data in decimal format. Below is an example using the Decimal library.

from decimal import *

x = Decimal('0.341343214124443151466')
str(x)[-2:] == '66'  # True

y = 0.341343214124443151466
str(y)[-2:] == '66'  # False
2
votes

To make it work with both positive and negative numbers: try abs(x)%. For negative numbers, without with abs, it will go wrong.

5.55 % 1

output 0.5499999999999998

-5.55 % 1

output 0.4500000000000002

1
votes

Use floor and subtract the result from the original number:

>> import math #gives you floor.
>> t = 5.55 #Give a variable 5.55
>> x = math.floor(t) #floor returns t rounded down to 5..
>> z = t - x #z = 5.55 - 5 = 0.55
1
votes

Example:

import math
x = 5.55
print((math.floor(x*100)%100))

This is will give you two numbers after the decimal point, 55 from that example. If you need one number you reduce by 10 the above calculations or increase depending on how many numbers you want after the decimal.

1
votes
import math

x = 1245342664.6
print( (math.floor(x*1000)%1000) //100 )

It definitely worked

1
votes

I've found that really large numbers with really large fractional parts can cause problems when using modulo 1 to get the fraction.

import decimal

>>> d = decimal.Context(decimal.MAX_PREC).create_decimal(
... '143000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.1231200000000000000002013210000000'
... )
...
>>> d % 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
decimal.InvalidOperation: [<class 'decimal.DivisionImpossible'>]

I instead grabbed the integral part and subtracted it first to help simplify the rest of it.

>>> d - d.to_integral()
Decimal('0.1231200000000000000002013210')
1
votes

Another example using modf

from math import modf
number = 1.0124584

# [0] decimal, [1] integer
result = modf(number)
print(result[0])
# output = 0124584
print(result[1])
# output = 1
1
votes

This is only if you want toget the first decimal

print(int(float(input()) * 10) % 10)

Or you can try this

num = float(input())
b = num - int(num) 
c = b * 10
print(int(c))
1
votes
def fractional_part(numerator, denominator):
    # Operate with numerator and denominator to 
# keep just the fractional part of the quotient
if  denominator == 0:
      return 0
  else:
       return (numerator/ denominator)-(numerator // denominator)  
 

print(fractional_part(5, 5)) # Should be 0
print(fractional_part(5, 4)) # Should be 0.25
print(fractional_part(5, 3)) # Should be 0.66...
print(fractional_part(5, 2)) # Should be 0.5
print(fractional_part(5, 0)) # Should be 0
print(fractional_part(0, 5)) # Should be 0
1
votes

Easier if the input is a string, we can use split()

decimal = input("Input decimal number: ") #123.456

# split 123.456 by dot = ['123', '456']
after_coma = decimal.split('.')[1] 

# because only index 1 is taken then '456'
print(after_coma) # '456'

if you want to make a number type print(int(after_coma)) # 456

0
votes

What about:

a = 1.234
b = a - int(a)
length = len(str(a))

round(b, length-2)

Output:
print(b)
0.23399999999999999
round(b, length-2)
0.234

Since the round is sent to a the length of the string of decimals ('0.234'), we can just minus 2 to not count the '0.', and figure out the desired number of decimal points. This should work most times, unless you have lots of decimal places and the rounding error when calculating b interferes with the second parameter of round.

0
votes

You may want to try this:

your_num = 5.55
n = len(str(int(your_num)))
float('0' + str(your_num)[n:])

It will return 0.55.

0
votes
number=5.55
decimal=(number-int(number))
decimal_1=round(decimal,2)
print(decimal)
print(decimal_1)

output: 0.55

0
votes

See what I often do to obtain numbers after the decimal point in python 3:

a=1.22
dec=str(a).split('.')
dec= int(dec[1])
0
votes

If you are using pandas:

df['decimals'] = df['original_number'].mod(1)
0
votes

Another option would be to use the re module with re.findall or re.search:

import re


def get_decimcal(n: float) -> float:
    return float(re.search(r'\.\d+', str(n)).group(0))


def get_decimcal_2(n: float) -> float:
    return float(re.findall(r'\.\d+', str(n))[0])


def get_int(n: float) -> int:
    return int(n)


print(get_decimcal(5.55))
print(get_decimcal_2(5.55))
print(get_int(5.55))

Output

0.55
0.55
5

If you wish to simplify/modify/explore the expression, it's been explained on the top right panel of regex101.com. If you'd like, you can also watch in this link, how it would match against some sample inputs.


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How to get rid of additional floating numbers in python subtraction?

0
votes

You can use this:

number = 5.55
int(str(number).split('.')[1])
0
votes
def fractional_part(numerator, denominator):
    if denominator == 0:
        return 0
    else:
        return numerator / denominator - numerator // denominator

print(fractional_part(5, 5)) # Should be 0
print(fractional_part(5, 4)) # Should be 0.25
print(fractional_part(5, 3)) # Should be 0.66...
print(fractional_part(5, 2)) # Should be 0.5
print(fractional_part(5, 0)) # Should be 0
print(fractional_part(0, 5)) # Should be 0