Any number with a decimal point is treated as an object of type float and the numbers without a decimal point of are treated as ints. You can use the type function to find the type of an object.
>>> type(1) <type 'int'> >>> type(1.0) <type 'float'> >>> 1+1.0 2.0 Arithmetic operations over two types give the result in the more flexible type, in this case that is a float. You can use the int and float functions for type conversion >>> int(1.0) 1 >>> float(1) 1.0 On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Pradeep Gowda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 10, 2008, at 12:54 AM, Gopal Ghosh wrote: > >> >> >> ********************* >> >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- I am but a man.
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