Have you looked at the decimal module?
python
Python 2.4 (#1, Mar 22 2005, 21:42:42)
[GCC 3.3.5 20050117 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)] on linux2
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>>> from decimal import *
>>> Decimal("3")/Decimal("5")
Decimal("0.6")
>>>
I don't suppose it is quick but it might do what you want.
Davy wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I used to be a Matlab user. And want to use Python to replace some
> Matlab work.
>
> When I type 3.0/5.0, the result is 0.59999...
>
> Is there some precision loss? And how to overcome it?
>
> Any suggestions will be appreciated!
> Best regards,
> Davy
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