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Subject: Re: decimal numbers
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 12:49:35 +0200
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"Luke Geelen" <luke.geelen@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Op zaterdag 15 februari 2014 11:04:17 UTC+1 schreef Frank Millman:
>> "Luke Geelen" <luke.geelen@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:ec88852e-1384-4aa5-834b-85135be94ab9@googlegroups.com...
>>
[...]
>>
>> You can reproduce the python3 behaviour in python2 by adding a 'future' 
>> directive -
>>
>> >>> from __future__ import division
>>
>> >>> 10/3
>>
>> 3.3333333333333335
>>
>
> how (and where) would i add this rule into a script? by import or the 
> calculation?

Treat it like any other import - add it as a new line at the top of your 
script.

Frank