On Jul 10, 2008, at 12:54 AM, Gopal Ghosh wrote:
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>>> 7/3
2
>>> 7/-3
-3
>>> 3/7
0
>>> # again reapting the questions with one more decimal place
>>> 7.0/3
2.3333333333333335
>>> 7.0/-3
-2.3333333333333335
>>> 3.0/7
0.42857142857142855
>>> # why it is not showing the exact values in the previous cases
>>>
Dividing Integer by an integer will give you Integer
Dividing Integer by a float or a float by an integer will give a float.
See this: http://docs.python.org/ref/binary.html
However this behaviour will change to a less "surprising" 3/4
returning 0.75 as one would expect in python 3.0
See: http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/nde/papers/
teachpy3.html#unsurprising-arithmetic
-PG
http://pradeepgowda.com
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