http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/typesnumeric.html for Documentation
Specifically
For (plain or long) integer division, the result is an integer. The result
is always rounded towards minus infinity: 1/2 is 0, (-1)/2 is -1, 1/(-2) is
-1, and (-1)/(-2) is 0. Note that the result is a long inte
Any number with a decimal point is treated as an object of type float and
the numbers without a decimal point of are treated as ints. You can use the
type function to find the type of an object.
>>> type(1)
>>> type(1.0)
>>> 1+1.0
2.0
Arithmetic operations over two types give the result in the
On Jul 10, 2008, at 12:54 AM, Gopal Ghosh wrote:
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>>> 7/3
2
>>> 7/-3
-3
>>> 3/7
0
>>> # again reapting the questions with one more decimal place
>>> 7.0/3
2.3335
>>> 7.0/-3
-2.3335
>>> 3.0/7
0.42857142857142855
>>> # why it is not showing the exact
Dear sir / madam
I am a new user of python and this is my first mail to local user group of
python. I came across a strange behavior pf python n unable to explain it
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>>> 7/3
2
>>> 7/-3
-3
>>> 3/7
0
>>> # again reapting the questions with one more decimal place
>>> 7.0/3
2.33
