On Feb 26, 7:14 am, "Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>
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> | Hi I'm very much a beginner with Python.
> | I want to write a function to convert celcius to fahrenheit like this
> | one:
> |
> | def celciusToFahrenheit(tc):
> | tf = (9/5)*tc+32
> | return tf
>
> Unless you are importing 'integer division' or using 3.0, that should be
> 9.0/5.0.
Has the syntax changed? I thought it was:
from __future__ import division
The OP may wish to avoid the confusion and the pointless division by
using:
tf = 1.8 * tc + 32
>
> | I want the answer correct to one decimal place, so
> | celciusToFahrenheit(12) would return 53.6.
>
> As written, running above on 2.x returns 44.
>
> tjr
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