You could just initialise your variables with float() >>> float(26)/float(12) 2.1666666666666665
>>> varA = float(26) >>> varB = float(12) >>> varA/varB 2.1666666666666665 And so on... In fact, you only need to initialise one variable with float for this to work: >>> varA = float(26) >>> varB = 12 >>> varA/varB 2.1666666666666665 This works in Python2 or Python3 without importing any extra libs. -- James On 12 June 2014 13:31, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 08:48:25AM +0800, Marino David wrote: > > Hi All: > > > > I am a newbie at the Python. > > > > I type "26/12" in Python Console and get result of "2". > > > > It is obvious that the corresponding result should be 2.3333...... I > don't > > know why the Console only returns the integer part of true result. > Anyone > > can help me out? > > Try this instead: > > 26.0/12 > > and it will print a fractional number instead of an int: > > py> 26.0/12 > 2.1666666666666665 > > > What's going on? > > Back in the early mists of time, when Python first came out, Python's > creator Guido van Rossum decided that the / division operator should > behave like in the C programming language. In C, division of two > integers performs *integer division*, and drops the remainder, while > division of one or more floating point number keeps the remainder as a > fraction: > > 1/2 => 0 > 1/2.0 => 0.5 > > That was one of those decisions that seemed like a good idea at the > time, but turned out to be a mistake. But for backwards compatibility, > Python had to keep it until recently. > > In Python version 3, / now does calculator division, like you expect. > But in Python 2, you have to either convert one or both numbers to a > float, or you can put this at the top of your program: > > from __future__ import division > > Note that there are TWO underscores at the beginning and end of > "future". > > > If you want integer division, where the remainder is ignored, you can > use the // operator: > > py> 26.0//12 > 2.0 > > > > -- > Steven > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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