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On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Frank Millman <frank@chagford.com> wrote:
> If you are using python2, an integer divided by an integer always returns an
> integer -
>
>>>> 10/3
> 3
>
> It was changed in python3 to return a float -
>
>>>> 10/3
> 3.3333333333333335
>
> You can reproduce the python3 behaviour in python2 by adding a 'future'
> directive -
>
>>>> from __future__ import division
>>>> 10/3
> 3.3333333333333335
>

Conversely, you can get an integer result by using floor division:

>>> 10//3
3

ChrisA

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    Re: decimal numbers "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-02-15 12:04 +0200
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