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On 21/06/2011 01:28, Gnarlodious wrote:
> What is the easiest way to get the first number as boolean?
>
> divmod(99.6, 30.1)
>
> Or do I have to say:
>
> flote, rem=divmod(99.6, 30.1)
> bool(flote)
>
divmod returns a tuple, so:

     bool(divmod(99.6, 30.1)[0])