title: Converting from float to percentage
body: <p>I would like to convert a decimal number (say 0.33333) to percentage (expected answer 33.33%)</p>
  
  <p>I used the following</p>
  
  <pre><code>x = 0.3333
  
  print(format(x,'.2%'))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which gives indeed 33.33%</p>
  
  <p>However, the result is a string, I would like it to still be a number (in % format) to be able to perform mathematical operations on it (e.g. <code>format(x,'.2%')*2</code> to give 66.66%</p>
  
  <p>But this throws an exception as 33.33% is a string</p>