[Tutor] floats acting like integers???

[Hee-Seng Kye]

Hi.  To get floats for divisions, either the number you are dividing or 
being divided should be a floating point.

 >>> a = 1.0 / 7		# or a = 1 / 7.0
 >>> a
0.14285714285714285
 >>> print a
0.142857142857

Best,
Kye

On Jul 26, 2004, at 7:45 PM, Jeff Peery wrote:

> hello, I have a problem with my IDLE or script. I put in something 
> like a=1/7 and I print a and get zero?  but this is only for division, 
> numbers go to integers? anyone have an idea of why this is happening? 
> thanks.
>
>  
>
> Jeff
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