# How to format numerical values of hovertext parameter?

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**Category:** Dash Python\
**Created:** [November 4, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-format-numerical-values-of-hovertext-parameter/46832 "2020-11-04T19:27:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/how-to-format-numerical-values-of-hovertext-parameter/46832/4 "2020-11-07T17:31:51Z")

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Hi,  
try loking this:

> [@Dash table formatting decimal place](https://community.plotly.com/t/dash-table-formatting-decimal-place/34975/1):
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> Hi I used the last example from [Typing and User Input Processing | Dash for Python Documentation | Plotly](https://dash.plot.ly/datatable/typing) to try format my dash data table to 3.d.p. However when I run my code the formatting seems to have no impact on the datatable. Any advice would be appreciated. This is the datasheet I have been using Thanks! import base64 import io from flask import Flask import dash from dash.dependencies import Input, Output, State import dash\_core\_components as dcc import dash\_html\_components as html…

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