On Apr 6, 11:04 pm, Patrick Maupin <pmau...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 6, 10:16 pm, monkeys paw <mon...@joemoney.net> wrote: > > > I have the following acre meter which works for integers, > > how do i convert this to float? I tried > > > return float ((208.0 * 208.0) * n) > > > >>> def s(n): > > ... return lambda x: (208 * 208) * n > > ... > > >>> f = s(1) > > >>> f(1) > > 43264 > > >>> 208 * 208 > > 43264 > > >>> f(.25) > > 43264 > > Not sure why you are returning a lambda (which is just a function that > does not have a name) from an outer function. > > A function that does this multiplication would simply be: > > def s(n): > return 208.0 * 208.0 * n > > Regards, > Pat
I realized I didn't show the use. A bit different than what you were doing: >>> def s(n): ... return 208.0 * 208.0 * n ... >>> s(1) 43264.0 >>> s(0.5) 21632.0 >>> s(3) 129792.0 I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "acre meter" though; this returns the number of square feet in 'n' acres. Regards, Pat -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
