[Tutor] floats acting like integers???

[Alan Gauld]

> 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?  

You are seeing integer division.

One divided by seven is zero with one seventh "left over"

If either number is a float you will get float division.

Or you can import from future the new style division...

There is a brief explanation of this in the simple sequences topic 
of my tutor.

Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web tutor
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/tutor2/