Format Currency with F-Strings

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Write a function format_price(amount) that returns amount formatted as a string with exactly two decimal places and a leading $, e.g. 9 becomes "$9.00". Use an f-string with a format spec, not manual string concatenation.

Examples

Example 1

Input

format_price(9)

Output

'$9.00'

Explanation

Integer padded to two decimals.

Example 2

Input

format_price(19.5)

Output

'$19.50'

Explanation

One decimal digit padded to two.

Constraints

`amount` is an int or float, always non-negative.

Topics

Variables & Data Typesf-strings

Companies

WalmartAmazon

Hints

Hint 1

f"${amount:.2f}" does the formatting in one step.

Hint 2

The :.2f spec always shows two digits after the decimal point.

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