[issue38939] Using Python as a Calculator

2019-11-29 Thread Brett Cannon
Brett Cannon added the comment: If you're using Python 2.7 then that would explain what you're seeing. You can either upgrade to Python 3 or use `from __future__ import division` to get the result you're after. -- nosy: +brett.cannon resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved stat

[issue38939] Using Python as a Calculator

2019-11-29 Thread Karthikeyan Singaravelan
Karthikeyan Singaravelan added the comment: Maybe you are looking for floor division? https://docs.python.org/3.3/reference/expressions.html#binary-arithmetic-operations > The / (division) and // (floor division) operators yield the quotient of > their arguments. The numeric arguments are fir

[issue38939] Using Python as a Calculator

2019-11-29 Thread dongjs
New submission from dongjs : >>> 17 / 3 # classic division returns a float 5.667 this example is error what i test is below >>> 17.0 / 3 5.667 >>> 17 / 3 5 -- messages: 357637 nosy: dongjs priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Using Python as