decimal.Context.normalize¶

Context.normalize(a)[source]¶

normalize reduces an operand to its simplest form.

Essentially a plus operation with all trailing zeros removed from the result.

>>> ExtendedContext.normalize(Decimal('2.1'))
Decimal('2.1')
>>> ExtendedContext.normalize(Decimal('-2.0'))
Decimal('-2')
>>> ExtendedContext.normalize(Decimal('1.200'))
Decimal('1.2')
>>> ExtendedContext.normalize(Decimal('-120'))
Decimal('-1.2E+2')
>>> ExtendedContext.normalize(Decimal('120.00'))
Decimal('1.2E+2')
>>> ExtendedContext.normalize(Decimal('0.00'))
Decimal('0')
>>> ExtendedContext.normalize(6)
Decimal('6')