On 2006-05-09, Davy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I type 3.0/5.0, the result is 0.5...
>
> Is there some precision loss? And how to overcome it?
Doesn't anybody read the FAQ? Or even browse through current
threads before posting?
Sheesh. This has been in the FAQ forever, and was answer
Davy wrote:
> Is there some precision loss? And how to overcome it?
See
http://docs.python.org/tut/node16.html
for some useful information.
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Hi Davy
> When I type 3.0/5.0, the result is 0.5...
try:
>>> print (3.0/5.0)
0.6
> Is there some precision loss? And how to overcome it?
Make sure the result gets piped
through some floating point con-
version (like print, %s etc.)
BTW, the 0.59998 value
is the "exact" calcul
Have you looked at the decimal module?
python
Python 2.4 (#1, Mar 22 2005, 21:42:42)
[GCC 3.3.5 20050117 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from decimal import *
>>> Decimal("3")/Decimal("5")
Decimal("0.6")
>>>
I don't s
Hi all,
I used to be a Matlab user. And want to use Python to replace some
Matlab work.
When I type 3.0/5.0, the result is 0.5...
Is there some precision loss? And how to overcome it?
Any suggestions will be appreciated!
Best regards,
Davy
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