[BangPypers] strange behavior

[Pradeep Gowda]

On Jul 10, 2008, at 12:54 AM, Gopal Ghosh wrote:
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> >>> 7/3
> 2
> >>> 7/-3
> -3
> >>> 3/7
> 0
> >>> # again reapting the questions with one more decimal place
> >>> 7.0/3
> 2.3333333333333335
> >>> 7.0/-3
> -2.3333333333333335
> >>> 3.0/7
> 0.42857142857142855
> >>> # why it is not showing the exact values in the previous cases
> >>>

Dividing Integer by an integer will give you Integer
Dividing Integer by a float or a float by an integer will give a float.
See this: http://docs.python.org/ref/binary.html

However this behaviour will change to a less "surprising"   3/4  
returning 0.75 as one would expect in python 3.0
See: http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/nde/papers/ 
teachpy3.html#unsurprising-arithmetic

-PG
http://pradeepgowda.com