Byte wrote: > That dosnt work either: > > sum = 0.1+1/4 > print sum > > Just returns 0.1
You get precedence right? Your equation does not evaluate from left to right. 1/4 happens first, and since there are no floats you get 0. in that equation you basically are doing this: sum = 1/4 print sum 0 sum = 0.1 + sum print sum 0.1 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list