How can I format a percent using 2 digits after the decimal

I have what should be a percentage but it comes up with several decimal places, how can I limit to 2 after the decimal

Answer 1

[Geoff]

If you want to do it without using strings:

round(x * 100) / 100;

One reason you might want to do that is if you have a whole matrix of percentages and want to quickly show them in a sensible way, without messing with the output format for other numbers.

-g-

Answer 2

[Oleg Komarov]

sprintf

Example:

x = 0.78765645; % almost 78.8%
sprintf('%0.2f',x)

ans =
0.79

Is this the effect you're trying to accomplish?

[Tom]

If it's just for outputs in the command window, you can use

format bank

[Image Analyst]

By the way, the 0 is not necessary. I always just use sprintf('%.2f',x)