397 deciliters in liters
Result
The conversion result is: 397 deciliters is equivalent to 39.7 liters.[1]
Conversion formula
How to convert 397 deciliters to liters?
We know (by definition) that: 1 dl ≈ 0.1 liter.
We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of liters.
1 dl / 397 dl ≈ 0.1 liter / x liter
Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:
x liter ≈ (397 dl / 1 dl) * 0.1 liter → x liter ≈ 39.7 liter
Conclusion:
397 dl ≈ 39.7 liter

Conversion in the opposite direction
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 liter is equal to 0.0251889168765743 times 397 deciliters.
It can also be expressed as: 397 deciliters is equal to 1 / 0.0251889168765743 liters.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: three hundred and ninety-seven deciliters is about zero liters, or alternatively, a liter is about zero point zero three times three hundred and ninety-seven deciliters.
Footnotes
[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).
Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.