On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 10:51 PM, Schizoid Man <schiz_...@21stcentury.com> wrote: >> If your input has no decimal point in it, eval (or input) will return >> an integer, not a float. Other than that, I can't see any obvious >> reason for there to be a difference. Can you put together a simple >> script that demonstrates the problem and post it, along with the exact >> input that you're giving it, and the different outputs? > > > Understood. I'm trying to learn Python by porting an ODE solver I wrote over > from C#, so what I'll do is break down the routine and append a small code > snippet highlighting the difference.
Thanks, I think I can speak for all of us in expressing appreciation for that effort! It makes the job so much easier. > I know this is probably redundant but Python 2.7.3 is running on a Mac and > 3.3.0 on a PC, so it's not exactly an apples-v-apples comparison. Ah, there may well be something in that. Definitely post the code and outputs; chances are someone'll spot the difference. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
