[Tutor] Division question, simple

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On 17-Dec-2001 Frank Peavy wrote:
> In the interactive mode:
>  >>> 75/100
> 0
>  >>> float(75/100)
> 0.0
>  >>> x = 75
>  >>> y = 100
>  >>> float(x/y)
> 0.0
>  >>> float(75)/float(100)
> 0.75
> 
> In order to get 75%, I almost need to know my desired result, before I have 
> my values. Is this how everyone handles simple division in Python?
> 
> When I am dividing 100 by 25 the result is an integer of 4, fine.
> But, when I don't know my second value is 25... maybe it is 33, then my 
> result would be 3.33333
> BUT, Python gives me 3.  How does everyone else handle this?
> 

if I know I want a decimal, I cast one number to a float.