in python im doing the problem 255/494
it keeps giving me 0 instead of .51....
what am i doing wrong?
please help me I have been looking for hours
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On Feb 18, 7:57*pm, katie smith <iceboy...@yahoo.comwrote:
in python im doing the problem 255/494
it keeps giving me 0 instead of .51....
what am i doing wrong?
please help me I have been looking for hours
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An integer divided by an integer produces an integer. In computer
programming, that's called 'integer arithmetic', and any fractional
part of the result is chopped off(not rounded). If your arithmetic
involves at least one float, then you will get a float as an asnwer:
print 255/494
print 255.0/494
print (255 * 1.0)/494
--output:--
0
0.516194331984
0.516194331984
7stud wrote:
On Feb 18, 7:57 pm, katie smith <iceboy...@yahoo.comwrote:
>in python im doing the problem 255/494
it keeps giving me 0 instead of .51....
what am i doing wrong?
please help me I have been looking for hours
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An integer divided by an integer produces an integer. In computer
programming, that's called 'integer arithmetic', and any fractional
part of the result is chopped off(not rounded). If your arithmetic
involves at least one float, then you will get a float as an asnwer:
print 255/494
print 255.0/494
print (255 * 1.0)/494
--output:--
0
0.516194331984
0.516194331984
Not that this behavior is expected to change in the future, such that
255 / 494 will actually perform floating-point division. The way to
achieve flooring division will be 255 // 494.
In article <ma*************************************@python.or g>,
katie smith <ic*******@yahoo.comwrote:
>
in python im doing the problem 255/494
it keeps giving me 0 instead of .51....
what am i doing wrong?
>>from __future__ import division
2/5
0.40000000000000002
In addition:
>>division
_Feature((2, 2, 0, 'alpha', 2), (3, 0, 0, 'alpha', 0), 8192)
Therefore this works in Python 2.2 and higher.
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"All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of
indirection." --Butler Lampson
You can use the round() function. And if you want to print, use %0.2f
regards,
Subeen. http://love-python.blogspot.com/
On Feb 19, 9:36 am, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote:
In article <mailman.949.1203389866.9267.python-l...@python.org>,
katie smith <iceboy...@yahoo.comwrote:
in python im doing the problem 255/494
it keeps giving me 0 instead of .51....
what am i doing wrong?
>from __future__ import division
2/5
0.40000000000000002
In addition:
>division
_Feature((2, 2, 0, 'alpha', 2), (3, 0, 0, 'alpha', 0), 8192)
Therefore this works in Python 2.2 and higher.
--
Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <* http://www.pythoncraft.com/
"All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of
indirection." --Butler Lampson
On Feb 19, 2:05 pm, 7stud <bbxx789_0...@yahoo.comwrote:
An integer divided by an integer produces an integer. In computer
programming, that's called 'integer arithmetic', and any fractional
part of the result is chopped off(not rounded).
In case you care, the "chopped off" bit is given by the modulo
operator '%'. So integer division x/y is really like the everyday y
goes into x, p times, remainder q, for example:
>>10/3, 10%3
(3, 1)
If your arithmetic
involves at least one float, then you will get a float as an asnwer:
print 255/494
print 255.0/494
print (255 * 1.0)/494
or indeed "print float(255)/494" This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics
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