use Inline::Python qw(py_eval py_call_function); py_eval("import decimal"); my $d1 = Inline::Python::Object->new('decimal', 'Decimal', '42.00'); my $d2 = Inline::Python::Object->new('decimal', 'Decimal', '2.00'); my $d3 = $d1->__mul__($d2); print $d3->to_eng_string(); # prints "84.000"