On Apr 9, 8:26 am, David Smith <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > AggieDan04 wrote: > > On Apr 8, 12:08 pm, David Smith <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > >> Avi wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> This will be a very simple question to ask all the awesome programmers > >>> here: > >>> How can I get answer in in decimals for such a math operator: > >>> 3/2 > >>> I get 1. I want to get 1.5 > >>> Thanks in advance, > >>> Avi > >> I'm going to assume your operands are variables instead of numeric > >> literals. Why not consider doing a type conversion to float or Decimal > >> and then perform the division? > > > Because float(x) and Decimal(x) fail for complex numbers and lose > > precision if x is a rational or a multi-precision float. > > The OP didn't ask for anything complicated or high precision -- just > wanted to divide two integer values and get a float/Decimal output. > > --David
Wow! I am overwhelmed by how much support I have at my finger tips. I was hesitant to ask such a silly question and was worrying of being ridiculed. Clearly, I have gained a lot by reading everyone's responses. Thanks! Avi -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list