Thats because you do integer division.
Do either:
float(15)/8
15/float(8)
15.0/8
15/8.0
Just be sure, that either 15 or 8 is a float, and not both an integer.
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Troels
2011/8/16 simulacrx <simula...@gmail.com>
> hi;
> -----------------------
> check=(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,"/","*","-","+","(",")","[","]")
>
> while True:
> a=raw_input("type your query : \n")
> c=set(a).intersection(set(check))
>
> if c:
> print *eval("float(%s)"%a)*
> else:
> print "error! please use -defined operators-!"
> -----------------------------
>
> this script works.. but if i type
>
> 15/8
>
> it returns 1.. no floatin'.. i must fix this? can anyone help me?
>
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