method to remove zero digits from fraction in decimal

[bowlofred]

when a decimal number is a whole (integral, integer-like) number, it gets converted to string without the ".0"

I would say the string method of a int doesn't have the decimal, while a float does.

>>> print(int(2))
2
>>> print(float(2))
2.0

You could always convert to an int if appropriate.

if x == int(x):
    x = int(x)