Why does int(5.0) returns 0

[Irmen de Jong]

Samir Patel wrote:
> Here is verbose output of program: print int(5.0)
> 
> It outputs 0

No, it doesn't.

Python 2.2.2 (#37, Oct 14 2002, 17:02:34) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> print int(5.0)
5

You must have made some kind of typo?
Otherwise your Python installation is seriously broken.

Irmen