diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e60854..69cf9e2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -153,4 +153,6 @@ The following resources were used to learn/double check general, atomic function
 - [naming conventions](https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/)
 - [naming global vs. local variables](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69193413/why-does-the-python-style-guide-suggest-the-same-style-for-both-global-and-local)
 - [conventions for putting modules into separate files](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2864366/are-classes-in-python-in-different-files)
-- [classes of the same module can be grouped in the same file](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/306492)
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+- [classes of the same module can be grouped in the same file](https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/306492)
+- [print floats in general notation - only print decimal point and decimal place digits if they are "not empty"](https://stackoverflow.com/a/2440708/24248624)
+- [string operations](https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html#format-specification-mini-language)
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diff --git a/planner.py b/planner.py
index 3ba267e..79e07a1 100644
--- a/planner.py
+++ b/planner.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def print_formatted(self, ingredient_list):
             # the quantity (second item of the list)
             print_string = print_string[:opening - 1] \
                            + ': ' \
-                           + str(ingredient_list[i][1]) \
+                           + f"{ingredient_list[i][1]:g}" \
                            + print_string[opening - 1:]
             print_string = print_string.replace('(', '')
             print_string = print_string.replace(')', '')