On Dec 23, 4:46 am, Sengly <sengly.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I would like to calculate a string expression to a float. For example, > I have ('12/5') and I want 2.4 as a result. I tried to use eval but it > only gives me 2 instead of 2.5 > > Help!!! > > Regards, > > Sengly
>>> float('12')/float('5') 2.3999999999999999 >>> print float('12')/float('5') 2.4 >>> float(12/5) 2.0 >>> print float(12/5) 2.0 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list